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Tom Arcaro, a professor of sociology and director of Project Pericles at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, and Lauren Taylor '10, a Periclean Scholar during her studies at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, presented a talk on Jan. 28, 2011, at Thames Valley University in London.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors Ken Hassell and Tom Arcaro were part of the Sullivan Social Entrepreneurship Fall Retreat held in Hendersonville, N.C., from Nov. 5-7, 2010.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ sociology and global studies students used Skype technology on Oct. 20 to hold a 90-minute conversation with students at Dijlah University College in Baghdad, Iraq. The session was the brainchild of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ sociology professor Tom Arcaro and Ahmed Fadaam, a sculptor/journalist from Baghdad who has visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in the past.

An article written by sociology professor Tom Arcaro has been published in the most recent edition of Skeptic magazine, a quarterly publication by the Skeptics Society.

Angela Lewellyn Jones has been named associate dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, effective June 1.

On April 24, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ anthropology students Katie Walker and Matt Summers accompanied Rissa Trachman, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, to volunteer on a state-sponsored archaeology project at historic Alamance Battleground.

Anne Bolin was invited to organize and co-chair a symposium titled "Issues in Teaching Human Sexuality: Sexual Orientations" at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Merida, Mexico, from March 24-27.

A letter from two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students to U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, in which they urge the Massachusetts senator to support legislation that funds the development of nuclear energy technology, is a finalist in a contest that will be judged April 8 by prominent former lawmakers at a Project Pericles conference in New York City.

Professor Tom Arcaro and associate professor Anthony Hatcher co-authored a column on atheism for the March 28, 2010, Sunday "Ideas" section of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.