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The associate professor of education from East Carolina University will oversee an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ school with 22 full-time faculty members and five full-time faculty members from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, who work with teacher education programs.

Glenda Phillips Hightower, the first African-American to enroll as a full-time ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student, and Eugene Perry '69, the first African-American to receive an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ degree, will have formal portraits unveiled during a McKinnon Hall event.

Honors Fellow Addison Horner created the account @thehashtagmusician to provide musical "micro lessons" to budding pianists, and he's sharing his undergraduate research findings this spring at several conferences.

More than a dozen events in February will honor African-American contributions to the campus and the world as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ celebrates Black History Month.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Madison Tamblyn captured the attention of angel investors when a new invention she created on campus won first place in January’s San Francisco ElevatorPitch entrepreneurship event.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate students are taking part for the first time this winter in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program to assist eligible community members with preparing their tax returns.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff took part in a Monday march through downtown Burlington that commemorated the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while raising awareness of work still to be done in advancing civil liberties.

Laith al-Majali '05 is part of a team that has earned the nation of Jordan its first ever Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has released its President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2015 fall semester.

Taught by Associate Professor Rich Landesberg, “The Trail Starts Here: The Iowa Caucuses” class allows students to engage with presidential hopefuls, interview voters, and offer real-time reporting of political events and topics.