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Jerry Tolley and Tom Parham, two of ������Ƶ’s all-time greatest coaches, were formally inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame during a May 12 banquet in Raleigh. Read more about the ceremony through a recap of media coverage on the event.

Several ������Ƶ professors can speak with media today and this week about the death of Osama bin Laden.

For the second year in a row, ������Ƶ has been named one of the nation’s most “environmentally responsible green colleges” by the Princeton Review, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council. The annual ranking profiles schools that “demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.

������Ƶ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this spring through their research and campus activities. Notable in March and April was media coverage by the Associated Press of the ������Ƶ Poll, faculty scholarship cited by the Huffington Post and mention of ������Ƶ's sustainability efforts by USA Today.

Professor of political science Laura Roselle was featured April 21 in a column in the Huffington Post about the way Libyan officials chose to present their vision for the future of their country.

������Ƶ’s Imagining the Internet Center has been named a laureate in the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program. Computerworld Honors, founded in 1998 is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change.

The ������Ƶ 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.

������Ƶ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this winter through their research and activities. Notable in February was media coverage of the ������Ƶ Poll, broadcast news appearances by faculty who discussed Super Bowl ads and the Watson computer on Jeopardy!, and reports on the opening of Campus Kitchen at ������Ƶ.

The Philanthropy Journal featured the innovative preceptor program of the ������Ƶ School of Law in a Dec. 23 story. Reporter Todd Cohen described the ways that practicing attorneys are sharing their wisdom with ������Ƶ Law students.

Technology Review, a publication of MIT, quotes Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, in a Feb. 18, 2011, article on cloud computing.