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More than a dozen ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ programs & student organizations are taking part in a free downtown Burlington community festival from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, with transportation to and from the McMichael Science Center parking lot.

Several events hosted by various offices and programs commemorate the millions of lives lost during World War II, starting April 28 with a powerful public event on the front steps of Moseley Center.

An annual awards program held April 24 recognized the academic success and service of those involved with the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.

Colby Halligan secured the nation's premier academic award for students dedicated to careers in the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

The campus community gathered Tuesday morning in the Numen Lumen Pavilion to celebrate the life of Ed Watkins, an auto mechanic who died April 18 while fishing with a friend from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Physical Plant.

The university has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber, author of the critically acclaimed "Living Downstream: An Ecologists’ Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment," visits the university on April 22 to share details and insights from her book.

The associate professor of education and longtime ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy instructor formally takes over this summer for founding director Deborah Long, who is now serving as interim dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s School of Education.

The 15th annual Philip L. Carret Endowment Thomas Jefferson Essay Contest asked students to write about the relationship between public education and the common good in the 21st century.

Senior Cameron Silverman took home the Southern Conference's top award in men's tennis for the 2014 season while Michael Leonard earned Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season.