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INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with a 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award, an accolade that reflects ongoing university efforts to celebrate and support students, staff, faculty and alumni of all backgrounds and beliefs.

Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan holds a small edge in a bid to retain her seat this fall against challenger Thom Tillis, speaker of North Carolina's House of Representatives and one of the state's most powerful Republican leaders.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ receives three #1 rankings and top marks for academic programs, teaching and affordability in the annual U.S. News ranking.

The acclaimed professor of nutrition and public health and author of both "Food Politics" and "What to Eat" visits ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre as a guest of the Liberal Arts Forum.

"Total Sportscasting: Performance, Production, and Career Development," co-authored by Max Negin in the School of Communications, features an overview of jobs behind and in front of the camera.

One of the nation's top political analysts visits ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on Wednesday to offer election season insight and reflections on the forces shaping American governance. The event is free and open to the public.

An accomplished scholar of Hindu-Christian encounters and religion in India, Professor Brian Pennington will oversee university support of faculty and undergraduate research projects that seek answers to intellectual questions about religion in today’s world.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ welcomed to campus this fall students from around the world whose intellectual curiosity and commitment to their communities made them stand out in a record number of applicants for an incoming class.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is named a best-run college and one of the nation's top universities for overseas study and college theater in the 2015 edition of the Princeton Review college guide.