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Faculty research on the Internet and North Carolina political developments earned ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ significant media attention in recent weeks.

The former editor of the News & Record in Greensboro will serve as director of communications. Follow the poll on Twitter: @elonpoll

Media turned often in recent weeks to faculty for analysis of North Carolina politics and a rising tide against Internet regulation, among other issues.

Assistant Professor Mileah Kromer, assistant director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, was a guest on the Nov. 15 statewide broadcast of the news magazine program.

Mileah Kromer, assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, was honored Nov. 7 by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, her alma mater, with a Young Alumni Achievement Award.

North Carolina's role as a presidential battleground state in 2012 has brought the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll added attention from national reporters.

Historically, North Carolina has voted Republican in presidential elections, but many political observers were surprised two years ago when President Barack Obama won the Tar Heel State. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior McKenzie Young investigated the factors behind the state’s recent voting behavior, and her work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Institute for Politics and Public Affairs is conducting a health and wellness community survey this month in Alamance County on topics that include: social and wellness concerns, perceived health issues in the county, exercise habits, care giving responsibilities and perceived safety in the county.

Associate professor Hunter Bacot joined with leading political scientists in North Carolina on Oct. 19 for a panel discussion on the 2010 elections, an event in Raleigh, N.C., sponsored by the North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation.

North Carolinians are evenly divided on the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll. Nearly half of poll respondents favored an end to tax cuts for households making more than $250,000 a year but keeping cuts in place for everyone else.