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For the seventh year in a row, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.

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.

The National Society for Experiential Education has named ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert the winner of an inaugural award for his contributions to experiential education. Lambert, one of 29 nominees for the honor, will receive the William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education this fall at the society’s annual conference in Dallas.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in its 2009 “Great Colleges to Work For” program, which honors institutions for best practices and policies, such as faculty-administration relations, confidence in senior leadership, and compensation and benefits.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ will present a second concert with this summer's Eastern Music Festival on Monday, July 13, when guest conductor Chelsea Tipton leads EMF's two student orchestras in a lively pops concert on the lawn Under the Oaks. The music begins at 7:30 p.m.

The Holland House, a 4,000-square-foot brick building that once served as the official residence of two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ presidents, will become the home of the new Catholic Newman Center at the university.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ leaders conferred degrees to MBA students in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business on May 22, 2009, during a Commencement ceremony in Whitley Auditorium attended by faculty, staff, family and friends.

The Hearst Foundation named ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Randy Gyllenhaal the best collegiate television journalist in the nation on June 6, 2009, at its annual awards ceremony in San Francisco.

The national switch to digital television broadcasting on Friday spurred hundreds of calls to a phone bank at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, where students and staff from the Federal Communications Commission assisted North Carolina viewers with complaints of lost TV signals or requests for analog-to-digital converter box coupons.

The first floor of Belk Library is getting new carpeting starting June 29. The library will remain open during this period, but the front doors will be locked to walk-in traffic. Instead, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty, and staff should use their Phoenix Cards in the card swipe reader to the right of the front doors for access. Computers will be available on the second floor, and library staff will circulate materials as usual. The project is expected to take two to three weeks to complete. All information will be posted on the front doors with a phone number for those needing help. Belk Library will not be open to visitors and community users except in unusual circumstances. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to use the library as they normally would but must have their Phoenix Card to gain access.