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Final results were announced Tuesday for two spring competitions that encourage faculty, staff and students to make lifestyle improvements for maintaining a healthier planet. Read this note for a message from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert on the importance of both contests.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's School of Education honored the academic excellence of 44 undergraduate and graduate students on May 3 as they were inducted into the Sigma Gamma Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education.

Senior psychology major Kimberly Duggins gave a talk May 3 at Twin Lakes Retirement Community where she shared the results of her Honors research project with Twin Lakes residents, many of whom were participants in her research study.

A longtime Broadway stage manager has gifted to the university a collection of notebooks and other production material that will give students in the Department of Performing Arts an insider’s view of acclaimed shows such as “Equus” starring Daniel Radcliffe and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” with Kathleen Turner.

Thirteen rising juniors at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ have been named recipients of the 2010 Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

For the fourth consecutive year, a team from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has been recognized for its performance in the prestigious Bateman Competition, which annually showcases the work of public relations students around the country. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ was one of 16 teams to receive an honorable mention in the 2010 competition.

Associate professor Brian Nienhaus has been selected as the first Periclean Faculty Leader at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ for his “Business and Sustainability” course, part of the new Periclean Faculty Leadership Program to champion civic engagement in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community.

Hundreds of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students will be involved in activities during CELEBRATE! 2010, a weeklong celebration of student achievements in academics and the arts that begins April 25 and runs through May 1. Programs will include seminars, art exhibitions, plays, a film festival, dance and music performances - and much more.

Immigration to the United States and other developed nations has become a hot-button topic as governments continue to focus on security following the Sept. 11 attacks. But not all nations deal with immigration equally, which Molly Costigan ’10 discovered in work that is the fifth in a series of E-net profiles to showcase ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2010.