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What started as an academic exercise in a service learning class has transformed into a student-led community organization that has raised thousands of pounds of food for the hungry in Alamance County in just its first two months.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff took part Monday in the "Reading of the Names," a daylong effort on the front steps of Moseley Center that marked the start of Holocaust Remembrance Week on campus.

A strategic communications major teamed with the director of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's African & African-American Studies program to conduct undergraduate research into the portrayal of plus-sized black women in popular media.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the first husband-wife team to win journalism’s highest honor, come to campus in October for Fall Convocation; acclaimed scientist and current “Cosmos” host Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak at Spring Convocation next April.

Several events hosted by various offices and programs commemorate the millions of lives lost during World War II, starting April 28 with a powerful public event on the front steps of Moseley Center.

The university's top award comes with $15,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achievements.

An annual awards program held April 24 recognized the academic success and service of those involved with the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.

Colby Halligan secured the nation's premier academic award for students dedicated to careers in the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Donations from the Panhellenic Council benefited Allied Churches of Alamance County and were distributed with help from Campus Kitchen at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

The university has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.