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The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Black Alumni Network honored five past and present ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ employees Saturday night in a Homecoming banquet to celebrate influential people who contributed to the success of black students on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus and to the newly endowed Black Alumni Scholarship.

Associate professor Lauren Kearns is teaching a master class at the Penn-Griffin School of the Arts in Greensboro, N.C., on Nov. 5, 2010, and her company is performing that evening as part of the 20th anniversary tour of the N.C. Dance Festival.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Anthony Rizzuto has been named the recipient of a 2010 Eastern Analytical Symposium Student Research Award, a highly competitive national prize in the chemistry field given each year to six undergraduate researchers.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Department of Performing Arts presents "Children of Eden," Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 5-7. "Children of Eden" is freely based on the first eight chapters of the Book of Genesis and tells a joyous and inspirational story about love, rage, guilt and consequences. It also explores the relationships of parents and children and the intergenerational conflicts and family patterns that are passed on so easily from parent to child, from generation to generation.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ kicks off its 4th annual POWERless energy competition this week for residence halls across campus to reduce their electricity use in a contest that awards buildings for conservation efforts. The contest aims to improve energy habits while making a positive impact on the planet.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Alumni Association honored five exemplary graduates on Oct. 23, 2010, during the annual Alumni Awards Breakfast held as part of Homecoming. Jack R. Lindley Sr. ’56, Kebbler McGhee Williams '98, Michelle C. Pautz ’03, and Charles “Chuck” and Carole Ann Collard ’89 received the Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished Alumna, Young Alumna and Alumni Service awards, respectively.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni from all eras returned to campus Oct. 23 for Homecoming festivities that included affinity group reunions, tailgating and football. Relive the moments with a photo gallery of images captured by the Office of University Relations.

The Premier Sport & Event Society, the Department of Sport & Event Management's student major’s association, recently earned more than $4,100 at the SAS – PGA Champion’s Tour golf tournament.

Most North Carolinians know that Raleigh is their capital city and that Beverly Perdue is their governor, but according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, fewer than 1 in 5 state residents can correctly name Roy Cooper as their state attorney general, and barely a third could correctly identify both sitting United States senators.