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Two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students and a 2009 alum won awards last week for their performance in a moot court competition at the 3rd annual International Human Rights Law Summer Study in Vilnius, Lithuania, a program co-sponsored by the university’s Center for Public Affairs.

Robert "Bob" Anderson, an associate professor of political science, spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 2 about plans for universal health care under discussion in Washington, and what type of political considerations will be made by members of Congress and President Barack Obama's administration.

The nationally acclaimed political web site RealClearPolitics quoted Hunter Bacot, director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, in a June 3 article that examines North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s prospects for re-election in 2010.

Victoria Davis, a 2009 graduate with a double major in international studies and political science, recently received a Phi Kappa Phi Marjorie Schoch Fellowship.The award provides $5,000 toward graduate or professional study.

Four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ employees were recognized for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at the annual faculty-staff awards luncheon on May 13, 2009. Laura Roselle, Connie Book, Glenda Crawford and Keith Dimont were each selected for one of the highest accolades bestowed each year on faculty and staff.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Kelly Erin McCarty has been named the recipient of a DACOR Bacon House Foundation fellowship for graduate study in international affairs, an award of up to $10,000 that will assist her this fall as she begins work toward a graduate degree related to human rights and social justice.

North and South Carolinians are feeling the pinch of a rocky economy, with nearly half of respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll witnessing their retirement plans lose at least a quarter of their values alongside a drop in the values of their homes.

North and South Carolinians believe that the United States is on the wrong track but generally approve of President Barack Obama’s performance during his first 100 days in office, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll. In particular, Carolinians are divided on the way Obama is handling the economy.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s delegation to the 72nd Annual Session of the North Carolina Student Legislature received the Best Small University Delegation Award for the 2008-2009 year at the weekend gathering in Raleigh.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed a wide range of foreign policy issues at a news conference on campus prior to her March 31 Convocation address. She praised the work of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, but said they are facing not just foreign policy headaches, but the "whole emergency room."