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Mathew Gendle, an associate professor of psychology, and several ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy scholars from summer 2009 have been featured in an instructor’s resource video produced and distributed by Carolina Biological Supply Company.

If, like the famous advertisements claim, Red Bull does “give you wings,” it may not be the sugar and caffeine that makes you feel like Pegasus. New work by an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty member and his undergraduate researchers points to something else that happens when guzzling the popular energy drink – and it has more to do with your mind than anything else.

Linda Wilmshurst, an associate professor of psychology, provided expert commentary for Fox 8 News on May 6 in "The Buckley Report" feature segment that is distributed to Fox affiliates nationwide.

Everyone knows “that guy,” the one with a pocket mirror who realizes just how good-looking he is. Chances are, if he thinks he’s cute, he’ll assume you’ve been checking him out, too. New scholarship to be presented at SURF by psychology major Ivy Crank ‘09 shows how that’s the case. Her work is the first in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ seniors Jenna Raffio (psychology) and Ryan Pauley (leisure and sport management), along with faculty members Chris Leupold and Tony Weaver, presented a poster titled, “Creation of a Strategic Performance Model for Division I Athletic Directors: Phase I” at the Scholarly Conference on College Sport in Chapel Hill, N.C., held from April 15-19.

Three ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students presented their research March 28 at the Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast 2009, held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.