Archive for April 21, 2009

Elon physics professor Pranab Das oversees more than $6 million of grant funds supporting scholarship around the world. As the leader of three major initiatives funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Das is probing the limits of human understanding on questions that have existed for millennia.

Senior Brian Beaty won the best poster presentation award at the 34th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference held at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego on Saturday, April 18.

Elon Chaplain Richard McBride, who is retiring this spring after 25 years of service, was honored at a special Service of Celebration on April 19. At the service, President Leo M. Lambert conferred the title of Chaplain Emeritus on McBride, thanking him for his legacy of spiritual leadership.

Excitement, energy, passion and purpose marked the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour’s visit to Elon University on April 14 when three of the nation’s top young entrepreneurs inspired students to think entrepreneurially and pursue their dreams.

"The Future of Things," an online magazine focusing on science, technology and medicine from around the world, has named Elon's Imagining the Internet Web site its "Site of the Week."