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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Catherine Serex will be presenting her research, “Transcending the Security Dilemmas: A Comparative Multilevel Study of Trust in Peace Processes,” on April 26 at the Triangle Institute of Security Studies (TISS) Seventh Annual Undergraduates in Security Studies Honor Thesis Presentations.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumna Lindsey Guice Smith ’05 appeared this month on MSNBC’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” to speak of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission’s efforts in freeing two men from prison who were exonerated for murder.

Dion Farganis, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, has just published two articles on Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

Several ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ events commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks that changed the nation forever.

The Professional Development Committee of the International Studies Association has awarded ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ a grant to support a professional development workshop for graduate students and junior faculty in international studies.

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student with the goal of one day running for public office is taking part this summer in the Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program, a highly selective internship for rising college seniors, recent college graduates or graduate students from Virginia that places them in the governor’s office and other state agencies.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Cedric Pulliam, a political science and international studies double major with aspirations of joining the U.S. Foreign Service, will participate this summer in a highly selective national program that introduces scholars to diplomatic officials and career opportunities in international relations.

What does the future hold for the United States now that Osama bin Laden is dead? And why did Americans feel the need to celebrate someone’s death? A panel of faculty and students addressed those questions and more on May 9 in a community discussion sponsored by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

Caitlin Clarke, a sophomore International Studies and Political Science major with a minor in German Studies, has been accepted to the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University this summer.

Historically, North Carolina has voted Republican in presidential elections, but many political observers were surprised two years ago when President Barack Obama won the Tar Heel State. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior McKenzie Young investigated the factors behind the state’s recent voting behavior, and her work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.