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Students studying for their doctor of physical therapy degree paid tribute Tuesday afternoon to the deceased men and women who donated their bodies to science by serving as “teachers” for the graduate program’s Class of 2012.

The upcoming Broadway touring production of Spring Awakening, led by Christopher Wood '10 as the character Melchior, was showcased July 21 on the main page of Playbill.com, an information site for theater in New York City.

President Barack Obama has nominated Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney ‘77 to serve as director of the Joint Staff, a position that will have him answering directly to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon.

Children’s book author Jane Belk Moncure made a visit to campus Tuesday as part of the Summer Learning & Enrichment Academy. Moncure, who earlier this year seeded an early childhood collection for the School of Education with a substantial donation of her books, spent time reading to children enrolled in the enrichment program for students with special classroom needs.

Medical advances have allowed children infected with HIV/AIDS to live longer than ever before, and for families and doctors, that creates new challenges as teenage patients grow older. New research by associate professor Cynthia Fair outlines steps that families and medical providers should consider to ease what can be a difficult transition from pediatric to adult care.

Twenty professors and staff from colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada returned to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ last week for the latest segment of a two-year seminar exploring the complexities of teaching “democratic thinking.”

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, spoke at length with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire this month on the role of social media in American elections.

Fifteen brave ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty and staff members donned garbage bags and set aside their dignity for the annual "Pie Your Professor" event at the spring semester's final College Coffee in May.

Here’s something you may not have known: A worker riding a sanding machine on the hardwood floor of a gymnasium can reach speeds of up to 10 miles per hour, yet removing the paint from a basketball court still takes about two weeks. Such is the schedule for a father-and-son team that started work Tuesday on the floor of Alumni Gym as part of renovations to the home of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix basketball and volleyball teams.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy scholars took part in closing ceremonies Friday evening that included “Presentations of Learning” throughout Alamance building, where families and mentors of 75 high school students could see firsthand the lessons learned over four weeks on campus this summer as part of the academic enrichment and college access program.