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Four out of five North Carolina residents support the construction of wind energy facilities in both the mountains and along the coast of the Tar Heel State, according to the latest ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll, though half the state opposes the government promoting the increased use of nuclear power to address America’s energy supply.

Sometimes silly and sometimes serious, but always as "Satan,” ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· professor Jeffrey C. Pugh read excerpts from his new book Thursday as part of the 2010-11 Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture before taking questions about the way evil is described in Devil’s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office.

North Carolina residents are divided on the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, but more than half the state disapproves of how Bev Perdue is fulfilling her duties governor, according to the latest ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll.

Ever wonder what the devil’s eye view is on religion, politics, evil, Disney? Jeffrey C. Pugh, the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies, on Thursday night will read from his latest book - Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office - to address these and other concerns that perplex and mystify humans in the present age as part of the ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus and Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry will headline ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·’s two Convocation ceremonies during the 2011-2012 academic year.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· will devote its annual spring Convocation for Honors on April 7, 2011, to an in-depth examination of five great problems facing humanity. Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, will moderate a panel discussion titled "We can be better: Courageous voices confront our greatest challenges." Distinguished panelists will explore tough choices that must be made to respond to threats to our democracy, economies, public education, the environment and civil stability around the world.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior Drew Gardner travels to Washington, D.C., this week to share with lawmakers his research on concussions in student-athletes during the annual Posters on the Hill event sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Though the United States faces daunting challenges, from a massive national debt to misunderstandings between people of different faiths to partisan gridlock, five distinguished panelists who visited ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· on April 7 for the annual Convocation for Honors program said today’s students have the potential to restore their nation’s global reputation for innovation, education and religious freedoms.

What does it take to be a good reporter? NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has several thoughts, including: “Know your audience. Know your subject.” One of America’s most acclaimed journalists on Friday shared with ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· students his views on the media, technology, and on balancing work and family in a Whitley Auditorium question-and-answer discussion sprinkled with wit and wisdom.