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In the world of business, there's a race towards becoming more environmentally friendly. Some companies are leading the charge, while others find themselves lagging behind. Researchers Drew Peabody, assistant professor of finance, and his co-researcher, Hirofumi Nishi studied how these "lagging firms" decided to catch up, influenced by the eyes of their spectators — the stakeholders.

In this column distributed by the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Writers Syndicate, Lee Rainie, director of The Imagining the Digital Future Center at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, considers how the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence systems are prompting a rethinking of what it means to be human. The column was published by The Virginian-Pilot, the Winston-Salem Journal and the Greensboro News & Record.

The professor of political science and policy studies and longtime director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll will provide leadership at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in growing academic undergraduate programs, exploring new directions for academic programs, and supporting academic integrity.

Hannah Hanson ’25 and Julia Bleakney organize national conference on GenerativeAI’s impact on writing centers.

Feintuch and her mentor, Professor of Psychology Amy Overman, are using eye tracking technology to study memory difference among people with autistic traits.

The Department of Economics and the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Microfinance Initiative recently concluded its 2024 data analytics competition that featured teams from several universities.

Among the award recipients were Katy Boehmer-Abbott ’24, who was named Major of the Year, and Cedar Zobel-Williams ’24, who earned the James P. Drummond Service Award.

Ketcham, a professor of exercise science, and Essary, a professor of Italian studies, will provide support for incoming ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College Dean Hilton Kelly when he joins the university administration on June 1.

Five students were inducted into The Iota North Carolina Chapter of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society.

The article shares findings from empirical research on insect communication that was conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute at Barro Colorado Island in Panama. The work was done by collaborators from Dartmouth College, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Xuzhou Medical University, Cornell University, and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, and the article appears in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology.