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Still seeking the perfect holiday gift for your older relatives? Try the Wii Fit. New research by an ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ alumna and her faculty mentor concludes that Nintendo’s Wii Fit benefits older people looking to improve and maintain balance, a key measure of fitness that both researchers say is often underappreciated by elders.

Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords moved Wednesday to a rehabilitation center after surviving an assassin’s bullet to the head, the latest development in an ongoing story that has captivated the nation since early January. Assistant professor Amy Overman offers insight into traumatic brain injuries and provides advice for patients’ families in the latest in a series of videos where ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ faculty members share their research and classroom expertise.

Ask an expert in any profession to share how he learned his job and you might not get a good answer. Ask a novice the same thing, and you could hear a detailed response. Jonathan Mahlandt, the seventh student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars, wants to know why this happens, the answers to which may one day help classroom teachers better educate young students.

Professor Anne Bolin in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology has had an article published in Flex: Critical Readings in Bodybuilding.

Fewer than 1 in 5 North Carolina residents expect the national economy to improve over the course of the next year.

With a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in May, a majority of North Carolinians say they disapprove of the measure.

Sonia Nazario visited ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ on Sept. 29 for a lecture on her travels with a Honduran boy searching for his mother in North Carolina.

The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., interviewed former ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Poll director Hunter Bacot in a May 1 profile on his work with the poll.

With the goal of reducing energy use in residence halls, the competition features prize drawings for students in the most improved buildings.

Elon Hillel marks a milestone in the growth of a vibrant Jewish life on campus with services and events tied to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.