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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is hosting a March 29-30 conference on media and politics in which the public is invited to attend workshops with influential public policy makers, journalists and academic researchers. Media and Politics: Openness, Accuracy, and Honesty in the 21st Century Media Landscape is made possible by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication.

At a time when “networking” for many young adults involves little more than using Facebook or LinkedIn, a committee of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students has organized The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Network, an April 4 meet-and-greet that will provide an opportunity for students of all class years to learn about career options by interacting with peers who have already interned or completed research projects for various industries.

An organization that helps universities across North Carolina develop an ethos of volunteerism and service among students has awarded Mary Morrison, director of the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, its 2011 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award.

With the growing number of Spanish-speaking patients who visit emergency rooms and doctors’ offices across the country, medical professionals often confront language barriers that can hinder treatment. Public health researchers have taken note, and a new introductory Spanish textbook authored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professor Ernest Lunsford takes aim at the problem.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert is one of five men being honored with a 2011 Father of the Year award by the Greater Greensboro Area Father’s Day Council.

David C. Porter of Sudbury, Mass., will be installed as the newest member of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees at the board's spring meeting, April 15-16. Porter and his wife, Jen, are the parents of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Tim Porter, and have served on the university's Parents Council and are members of the Founder's Circle of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Society.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ welcomes this week hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from 23 colleges and universities for a four-day dance festival that includes classes, workshops, panels and performances, all centered around the theme of the intersection of dance, theater and multimedia.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Mock Trial program competes this weekend in a competition where the top six teams advance to the American Mock Trial Association’s National Championship Tournament in mid April.

Leslie Johnson needs your help to win $10,000 for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. The manager of the Phoenix men’s basketball team, Johnson, a junior marketing major from Raleigh, N.C., is one of four finalists in a video contest sponsored by the UPS Store in which people can vote for their favorite collegiate basketball manager.

The economy trumps all other issues facing Alamance County, with the effects of a prolonged downturn impacting the social, health and behavioral well being of its residents, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll. Poll director Hunter Bacot joined with leaders from the United Way of Alamance County and from Healthy Alamance on Tuesday to share findings in a midday news conference from campus.