Articles by Eric Townsend
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Department of Performing Arts presents Ajax by Sophocles – April 14-17
April 17, 2011
Re-imagining a nearly 2,500-year-old play, the Department of Performing Arts' production of Ajax by Sophocles explores the great warrior’s PTSD-like struggles on the battlefield of a contemporary and familiar war-torn landscape. The show runs through Sunday afternoon in McCrary Theatre.
“Satan” shares from his blog in Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture
April 15, 2011
Sometimes silly and sometimes serious, but always as "Satan,” Elon University professor Jeffrey C. Pugh read excerpts from his new book Thursday as part of the 2010-11 Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture before taking questions about the way evil is described in Devil’s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office.
New majors to be offered starting in Fall 2011
April 15, 2011
Four new majors will be offered to Elon University students starting in the fall. Early childhood education is an addition to the School of Education’s programs; information science replaces the current computer information systems major in the Department of Computing Sciences; and public health studies, and arts administration, are both interdisciplinary majors within Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.
Health care expert pushes for continued reform
April 15, 2011
Yale University professor Jacob Hacker, a nationally recognized figure known as the "father of the public option," believes the passage of legislation in 2010 was the "easy part" of reforming health care in the United States, and during his March 31 visit to Elon University he explained the challenges that remain in making sure all Americans have access to health insurance while reducing overall medical costs.
Cindy Fair, alumna Jenny Vanyur publish paper in Journal of American College Health
April 15, 2011
Elon alumna Jenny Vanyur and associate professor Cindy Fair have had an article, "Sexual Coercion, Verbal Aggression, and Condom Use Consistency Among College Students," published in the most recent volume of the Journal of American College Health.
Cindy Fair, Lauren Taylor ’10 present research at AIDS conference
April 15, 2011
Associate professor Cindy Fair and Lauren Taylor '10 presented research at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, where more than 20,000 attendees converged for the July 18-23 event.
Cindy Fair, Taylor Morrison ’10 publish research in Midwifery
April 15, 2011
Associate professor Cindy Fair and Elon alumna Taylor Morrison '10 have co-authored an article published in Midwifery based on Morrison's Elon College Fellows project, “The relationship between prenatal control, expectations, experienced control, and birth satisfaction among primiparous women."
Elon Poll: N.C. lukewarm on Obama, unhappy with Perdue
April 15, 2011
North Carolina residents are divided on the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, but more than half the state disapproves of how Bev Perdue is fulfilling her duties governor, according to the latest Elon University Poll.
Jeffrey C. Pugh to deliver Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture – April 14
April 14, 2011
Ever wonder what the devil’s eye view is on religion, politics, evil, Disney? Jeffrey C. Pugh, the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies, on Thursday night will read from his latest book - Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office - to address these and other concerns that perplex and mystify humans in the present age as part of the Elon University Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture.
Education researchers share data on new reform efforts
April 14, 2011
A husband-and-wife research team discussed with an Elon University audience Wednesday night their work on a type of education reform that shows promise for elementary school students who need more help with reading and math concepts than is typically offered in the traditional classroom.