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A survey conducted by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty and students at the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Brazil identifies top issues facing development of network communications around the world. The study was conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center in the School of Communications in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Geoffrey Lynn, a chemistry major who graduated in 2007, has been accepted into the National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program, a doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to biomedical research.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ will launch its fifth graduate program beginning in summer 2009, offering a master of arts degree in interactive media through the School of Communications. The program will be the first of its kind in North Carolina, preparing students to become leading professionals in the rapidly evolving communications industry.

The Eastern Music Festival marks this month its 10th anniversary of concerts on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus. The President's Office is hosting a free symphony concert for the community on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn Under the Oaks.

How will the Internet change the workplace, family life, education and many other foundations of society between 2004 and 2014? Significantly in a future that’s up for grabs – that’s the view of the nearly 1,300 technology experts and scholars who responded to The Future of the Internet I survey.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ police and campus safety, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, will conduct a daylong crisis training exercise on Thursday, July 17, which will affect traffic, activities and parking in certain areas of campus.

The Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series continued Wednesday, Feb. 20, as Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chairman of the American Red Cross and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, discussed her experiences with students, faculty and special guests at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ University School of Law. Details…

Leary Davis, founding dean of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, will step down as dean on August 1. He will remain with the school as founding dean emeritus and professor of law, and will continue to teach courses in the law school.

Faculty members in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s philosophy department have collaborated to produce a special issue of a national academic journal focused on the theme “Philosophy as Transformative Practice.”