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North Carolina residents identify the economy as the most important issue facing the state and a majority of respondents in the most recent ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll say that the country has “gotten off on the wrong track.”

Most North Carolina residents will not allow race, gender and age to impact their vote in the upcoming presidential election – but more than half of respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll say they know someone whose decision will be tied to at least one of these characteristics.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Faculty Athletics Representative Vicki Hightower has been honored by the Southern Conference as one of 11 recipients of the league's 2008 Distinguished Service Award.

The American Psychological Association has awarded a prestigious fellowship to Jessica "Jessi" Young, an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior preparing to attend graduate school for her doctoral degree in counseling psychology.

Fifteen rising juniors at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ have been named recipients of the inaugural Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

A $200,000 gift from the ING Foundation will establish a new course this summer to help teenagers in the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy enrichment program learn more about personal finance and responsibility, university and ING officials announced this week.

On the first anniversary of the worst school shooting in United States history, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ remembers those who lost their lives - and those whose lives were changed forever - on the campus of Virginia Tech the morning of April 16, 2007. SGA President Chase Rumley has composed an open letter to the campus community...

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Visitors added ten new members at its spring meeting held April 10-11 on campus. Read this note for details...

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ board of trustees has elected Wallace L. Chandler and Dr. James B. Powell as life trustees, in tribute to their years of service to the university. The board has also elected two trustees emeritus and five new members. Details...

The final program in the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 with former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. A reception is set for 6:15 p.m., with the program to follow at 7 p.m., at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro. Details...