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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumnus and well-known local restaurant entrepreneur Chris Russell will open his newest establishment this spring at the Williamson Avenue location previously occupied by Brown & Company, which has closed. The restaurant will be called "The Town Table, food and drink," and is part of the university's plan to attract more privately owned businesses to the areas surrounding campus, serving ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's students, faculty and staff and the entire local community.

In its annual "Year in Photos" feature, the Office of University Relations has collected some of the best ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ pictures from 2009 in a retrospective slide show.

A program directed by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduate Audrey Seagraves was named a 2009 Tech Awards Laureate cash prize winner of $50,000 for the "Fair Wage Guide," an online calculator managed by Seagraves to assist millions of workers in the developing world who live below the poverty level.