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Here’s something you may not have known: A worker riding a sanding machine on the hardwood floor of a gymnasium can reach speeds of up to 10 miles per hour, yet removing the paint from a basketball court still takes about two weeks. Such is the schedule for a father-and-son team that started work Tuesday on the floor of Alumni Gym as part of renovations to the home of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix basketball and volleyball teams.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors, administrators and alumni made regional and national news this month through their research and activities, both on and off campus. The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.

Career Services director Tom Vecchione was interviewed at length for a special sections feature story in the July 11, 2010, News & Record newspaper about colleges and universities opening their Career Centers to alumni.

Los Angeles-area alumni joined President Leo M. Lambert and the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in L.A. interns at an Evening for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on June at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.