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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in August 2007 and today serve as assistant vice president for strategic communications and media relations. In this role, I coordinate a team of embedded academic communicators and staff who oversee the news bureau, social media, internal… Read More

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John Burbridge receives grant for baseball research

July 8, 2010

Professor John Burbridge has been awarded a 2010 Yoseloff-SABR Baseball Research Grants to examine the legacy of a player and manager involved in a famous confrontation in 1955 involving Jackie Robinson.

Dion Farganis speaks with News 14 Carolina on Kagan hearings

July 6, 2010

Assistant professor Dion Farganis spoke with News 14 Carolina for a "TalkBack" segment on the Elena Kagan hearings that took place in Washington this summer as lawmakers prepare to vote on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Researcher sheds light on hearings for Court nominees

July 1, 2010

If you think U.S. Supreme Court nominees have become much more evasive in recent years during their confirmation hearings, Dion Farganis, an ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ assistant professor of political science, offers a bit of advice: Think again. Work by Farganis received national attention this week as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings into Elena Kagan’s nomination to the highest court in the land.