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The university has received a STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

The chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics will assume her new role at the university starting in January 2016.

Students from Hillcrest Elementary School in Burlington, North Carolina, toured campus after visting a restored schoolhouse near Rhodes Stadium first used to teach children in the 1800s.

Greenhouse gas emissions per square foot of building space have decreased since 2008 while overall emissions have risen.

Associate Professor Jeffrey S. Coker authored a guest column for regional newspapers in which he criticizes Duke Energy’s efforts to stop a North Carolina nonprofit from selling solar power to a Greensboro church.

In its annual ranking, the Institute of International Education recognizes Elon for sending more students abroad than any other master’s-level university in the United States.

Jamie Albright '13 and Professor Cynthia Fair shared original HIV/AIDS research at a conference of the American Public Health Association.

The Elon Phoenix return to the postseason Thursday, Nov. 19, as Winthrop University visits campus for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Be sure to #PackTheFence around Rudd Field for the 7 p.m. game.

The campus community remembered the victims of a terrorist attack in Paris in a Sunday vigil in which university leaders challenged Elon students to make a difference in the world by committing to lives of compassion and kindness.

"Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar" by Assistant Professor Geoffrey Claussen recounts the life of a 19th century Jewish leader who greatly influenced a movement focused on the development of human character.