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Academic leader and celebrated scholar Hanna Holborn Gray discussed the historical evolution of universities and the role of foundational liberal arts studies in the annual James P. Elder lecture on April 16.

There will be a university Memorial Service for Milena Alvarez at Holt Chapel on Tuesday, April 21, at 4:30 p.m. Milena was a freshman from Winston-Salem, N.C., who died earlier this month after a courageous battle with cancer.

Jeremy Gates had one thing in mind: Learn to walk. Again. A July 2006 car wreck left the Burlington man in a coma for three months, but by the next summer, once he had met faculty and students in ������Ƶ's doctor of physical therapy program, reaching that goal didn't look so impossible.

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Students in a human services senior seminar participated in National Public Health Week last week by raising awareness of HIV/AIDS and how it can affect college students and the community alike.

It’s one of the greatest thrills a musician can experience. Stephen Futrell, an associate professor and chair in the Department of Music, has been invited to conduct a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall next summer – and he wants to take ������Ƶ students with him to participate in the performance.

Seventy-eight faculty and student leaders of university social entrepreneurship programs and activities participated in a two-day Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium workshop from April 2-3 co-hosted by ������Ƶ Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Purdue University Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

Recognized as one of the nation's most versatile actors with extensive experience in television, theater and film - including Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions - Anthony Zerbe comes to ������Ƶ for three days this month to give a series of one-on-one workshops with performing arts students and for an evening performance based on the work of E.E. Cummings.

Students, faculty and community members from across North Carolina met April 4 in ������Ƶ’s Holt Chapel for the North Carolina Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, which included a presentation by three ������Ƶ students who are documenting the cultural heritage of the Cowee community in western North Carolina through the analysis of people’s stories, local traditions and cultural landscapes.

Belk Library celebrated a milestone this month with the purchase of the university’s 300,000th volume, “Earth From Above,” a limited edition book that captures in dozens of colorful, detailed photos the different cultures and landscapes found around the globe.