Eric Townsend

Children’s book author Jane Belk Moncure made a visit to campus Tuesday as part of the Summer Learning & Enrichment Academy. Moncure, who earlier this year seeded an early childhood collection for the School of Education with a substantial donation of her books, spent time reading to children enrolled in the enrichment program for students with special classroom needs.

Medical advances have allowed children infected with HIV/AIDS to live longer than ever before, and for families and doctors, that creates new challenges as teenage patients grow older. New research by associate professor Cynthia Fair outlines steps that families and medical providers should consider to ease what can be a difficult transition from pediatric to adult care.

Twenty professors and staff from colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada returned to Elon University last week for the latest segment of a two-year seminar exploring the complexities of teaching “democratic thinking.”

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the Elon University Poll, spoke at length with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire this month on the role of social media in American elections.

Fifteen brave Elon faculty and staff members donned garbage bags and set aside their dignity for the annual "Pie Your Professor" event at the spring semester's final College Coffee in May.

Here’s something you may not have known: A worker riding a sanding machine on the hardwood floor of a gymnasium can reach speeds of up to 10 miles per hour, yet removing the paint from a basketball court still takes about two weeks. Such is the schedule for a father-and-son team that started work Tuesday on the floor of Alumni Gym as part of renovations to the home of the Elon Phoenix basketball and volleyball teams.

Elon Academy scholars took part in closing ceremonies Friday evening that included “Presentations of Learning” throughout Alamance building, where families and mentors of 75 high school students could see firsthand the lessons learned over four weeks on campus this summer as part of the academic enrichment and college access program.

Elon University professors, administrators and alumni made regional and national news this month through their research and activities, both on and off campus. The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.

Career Services director Tom Vecchione was interviewed at length for a special sections feature story in the July 11, 2010, News & Record newspaper about colleges and universities opening their Career Centers to alumni.

Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 9 on recent controversies in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and how Gov. Bev Perdue has handled the public relations fallout.