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Assistant Professor Amy L. Allocco, the university's distinguished emerging scholar in religious studies, will conduct ethnographic fieldwork to achieve a better understanding of Hindu practices in modern day India.

Professor Anne Bolin in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is co-editor of the new three-volume International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality "with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior."

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees has elected longtime board member Zachary (Zac) Walker III to serve as a life trustee.

The day will include a Global College Coffee and opportunities for the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community to show they believe in the university by making a gift.

One of the visionaries behind the environmentally friendly cleaning and home care products company will give a talk at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre. Sponsored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Liberal Arts Forum, the event is free and open to the public.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ trustees have granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members. The action came at the board's spring meeting, which was held on campus Feb. 27-28. 

The associate professor of history is the inaugural recipient of an honor that supports a faculty member in the Department of History whose professional accomplishments are in keeping with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s teacher-scholar model.

Leaders of a student organization that fights hunger in Alamance County invited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert and his wife, Laurie, to prepare meals with them this month as they celebrated a $5,000 grant to expand their impact across the region.

Two representatives of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces will visit campus for a Wednesday evening discussion about the Syrian uprising. Their visit is sponsored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert bestowed the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership this week on an internationally acclaimed artist who directs proceeds from his business ventures to marine wildlife conservation efforts and oceanic research projects.