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The award for scholarship and activism from Auburn Seminary was presented Monday, Nov. 19, to Rebecca Todd Peters, professor of religious studies, at the joint annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Civil liberties lawyer and Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, in a Distinguished Leadership Lecture at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law, said he believes a special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election might end with more criminal indictments - just not of President Donald J. Trump.

Brooke Barnett, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s associate provost for academic and inclusive excellence and professor of communications, has been named dean of the College of Communication at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. She will begin her duties there on June 1.

 

President emeritus honored by generous endowed gifts into a scholarship program started during his tenure in office.

 

The 2018 edition of the President’s Report highlights the accomplishments of the university’s outstanding educators. These intellectual leaders exemplify the kind of drive and commitment that makes ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ such a distinctive academic community.

The students join a global community of Fellows charged with increasing campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and creativity. 

The annual ranking by the Institute of International Education again names ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ the nation’s top master’s level institution in the number of students studying abroad. 

The 2019 edition of "The Best 165 Law Schools" featured multiple student reflections on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law's approach to experiential education, with one student concluding "ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law doesn’t just teach the law, but paves the way for practicing the law."

The poll results released Oct. 11 examined how N.C. voters prepared for Hurricane Florence and how their thoughts about climate change have shifted over time. 

The Princeton Review gives high marks to the MBA program of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.