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Political science professor Peter Siavelis offers insight into the Cuban embargo, the emerging “Obama Doctrine” in Latin America and Hugo Chavez.

Professors Nancy M. P. King and Michael Hyde, organizers of a conference April 27 and 28 on bioethics, explain why it’s important to discuss the ethics of some of the most important issues of our time.

School of Law Professor Suzanne Reynolds has received a Women of Achievement Award in recognition of her work in domestic violence and in improving the law of the family.

Fresh off the ACC Championship, the fifth-ranked women’s golf team has been named Golfweek Women’s Team of the Week for the third time this season.

Robert Farley (’88) was part of the reporting team for the St. Petersburg Times that won a Pulitzer Prize recently for national reporting for PolitiFact, a Web site that investigates the truthfulness of statements by politicians. Read his latest “Truth-O-Meter” reports.

Senior Sam Smartt put his history major and film studies minor to good use making a promotional video for the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission.

Senior biology major Juliane Rose writes about sustainability efforts on a national level and closer to home that can make a difference, during “Sustainability Week” on campus.

Economics professor Joseph Daniels talks about the economics behind the global food crisis that has contributed to an 18 percent increase in “chronically malnourished” people around the world.

The women’s golf team romped to its first ACC Championship since 1995, breaking Duke’s 13-year hold on the championship. The men’s golf team finished fourth in the men’s ACC Championship.

Nine student dancers will present their own choreography at the Spring Dance Concert this week, including one piece that was created with input from renowned choreographer Meredith Monk.