Archive for August 11, 2009

Tom Nelson, an associate professor of communications, was interviewed by Kansas Public Radio this week for his documentary "Prisoners of Plenty," a film that recounts the lives of German POWs imprisoned in Kansas during World War II.

Christina Benson, business law professor in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, presented a paper at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) conference, held Aug. 4-8 in Denver. Benson’s paper, “US Automotive Industry Bailout Programs: Avoiding WTO Potholes on the Road to Economic Recovery,” is part of a larger project in which she is looking at how US stimulus and bailout programs include provisions that may violate the country’s commitments under World Trade Organization agreements, and whether or not aid to ailing US industries is likely to succeed in making them more globally competitive. Benson’s paper will be published in the 2009 ALSB proceedings.

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition, which is housed in Elon University's School of Communications, is now on Twitter.

From the Greensboro News and Record (8/11/09): The N.C. Attorney General's Office is cheering several laws that got approval recently from the General Assembly. (NCOG Note: Items only dealing with open government and public records are produced here. To read the full account, click the link to the right)

Carolina Biological Supply, a Burlington, N.C., company that provides materials to the Elon Academy, has produced a video highlighting the science work of faculty member Mat Gendle, assistant professor of psychology.