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Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with Fox 8 WGHP (High Point, N.C.) on Dec. 10, 2008, about the ongoing recession, consumer behavior and what kind of economic outlook to expect in 2009.

Four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students have won recognition from Stanford University for their entry in a global contest that challenged teams to create something of value using nothing more than water bottles. Their video entry stemmed from the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Innovation Challenge, hosted locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

Jennifer Platania, an associate professor of economics, talked with News 14 Carolina on Nov. 25 about a recession now gripping the American economy and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team.

Issues in Political Economy, an undergraduate research journal co-published by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, where several students have used the annual publication as a springboard to graduate studies in some of the nation’s premiere economic programs.

Seniors Erika Lamanna and Garrett Pittenger represented ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ this fall in the university’s first ever appearance at the Eller Ethics Case Competition, a prestigious national contest in which the duo advanced to the semifinals before their elimination from the sixth annual event.

Members of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority crafted a makeshift raft from discarded water bottles to win top prize this week in the inaugural ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Innovation Challenge, part of a global contest sponsored locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

A group of 30 students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business witnessed firsthand the steel manufacturing process during a visit to a South Carolina plant owned by Nucor Steel Corp., currently ranked #4 in the Business Week Top 50 company rankings that has “long been known as the best operator in the steel business.”  

Earl Honeycutt, a professor of marketing and director of the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, has co-authored a new textbook, "Sales Management: Shaping Future Sales Leaders," recently released by Pearson Prentice Hall, the world's largest publisher. 

Twenty-one student teams representing ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and five other North Carolina universities will use water bottles to “create as much value as possible” during a week-long competition that kicked off on Wednesday and culminates Nov. 19 with a showcase event inside the Koury Business Center.