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Title IX is a landmark law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding. Since Title IX was passed, it has been the subject of more than 20 proposed amendments, reviews, Supreme Court cases and other political actions. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Center for Latin American Studies will host a public conversation and reception with Alberto Fuguet, an acclaimed Chilean author, journalist and filmmaker, on March 22 at Fido in Hillsboro Village. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Read More

The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain's reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals. Read More

Identification of students with unrealized potential, continuous tracking of individual performance and intensive, one-on-one mentoring are key factors in successfully recruiting underrepresented minorities and women into the critical professions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Read More

Rick Perlstein, an author and political journalist who has written extensively about the history of conservatism in modern America, will speak at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on March 22. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ debate team members Cameron Norris and Nick Brown were declared the varsity debate champions at the American Debate Association (ADA) 2010 National Championship Debate Tournament held at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ March 7-8. Read More

Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of the nation's most experienced political reporters, will engage in an evening of political discussion April 1 at the John Seigenthaler Center at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. The 5:30 p.m. event will be followed by a reception and book-signing. Read More

When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, a team of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ researchers have found. Read More

Reading this story requires you to willfully pay attention to the sentences and to tune out nearby conversations, the radio and other distractions. But if a fire alarm sounded, your attention would be involuntarily snatched away from the story to the blaring sound. New research from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ reveals for the first time how our brains coordinate these two types of attention and why we may be temporarily blinded by surprises. Read More

A German Jewish heroine of the French resistance to the Nazis will be honored with a cabaret-style performance at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on March 19. The presentation, The Red Scarf and the Black Briefcase, is based on a poem by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ poet Rick Hilles. Read More

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School professor will present his viewpoint on Rastafarian theology and reggae music March 16 during an event sponsored by the Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program at the divinity school. Read More

Futurity.org, an online university news channel targeted to members of the public interested in basic research, has expanded beyond its North American base to include science news from leading British universities. Read More

Dorothy Legros, a senior in the College of Arts and Science, died during Spring Break after visiting her sister near Atlanta. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Read More

Wyatt Smith, graduating senior, Ingram Scholar and president of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Student Government, has been named this year's recipient of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship. Read More

President Obama is now debating whether to have the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, prosecuted in a military tribunal, despite Attorney General Eric Holder's plan to try Mohammed in civilian court. Read More

The current financial crisis hitting the United States has made the idea of legalizing and taxing marijuana much more attractive for debt-ridden states. California proponents claim they could generate more than a billion dollars by legalizing and taxing marijuana distribution and save millions more by reducing law enforcement costs on prohibition enforcement. But Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School professor Robert Mikos explains in a new paper why the seemingly clear way to make money by legalizing and taxing marijuana distribution has too many legal hurdles to actually work. Read More

Tennis provides many life lessons that senior Jeff Berry hopes the at-risk kids coming through the Mentor TennisSee program he established while a student at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will carry with them for years to come. Read More

Charles K. Megibben, who played a major role in developing the mathematics department of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ into a major research center, has died. He was 73. Read More

Five artists who believe that God has inspired them to build structures are featured in the film God's Architects, to be screened at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ as part of the International Lens Film series. Read More