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Elon honored its beloved "Dr. D." at Founders Day celebrations in March. View an audio slide show about Danieley's life and contributions to Elon and watch video excerpts from his "fireside chat" with the Elon community.

The temperatures may have taken a turn for the warmer, but the sights and sounds of the Polar Bear Plunge are timeless. Take a break from the late-spring heat and view a slideshow and video from January's event.

All of the 41 campus buildings taking part in the 2010 POWERless Energy Competition showed a reduction in energy use during the sixth week week of the contest. The top building of the week in Division I was Oaks B, showing a 52.2 percent reduction. In Division II, the distinction went to Loy Center A, B and C, which recorded a 66.3 percent reduction.

How often do you notice the products that appear in your favorite television shows? And what do you think about those brands? Alex Walton ’10 sought to answer those questions, as well as gauge the opinions of broadcasting professionals, in his study of product placements in reality television shows. His work is the fourth in a series of E-net profiles to showcase Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2010.

Former Elon football players returned to campus April 23-24 to reconnect with teammates, forge connections with current athletes and watch the annual spring football game between the Maroon and White squads.

Jennifer McCullough-Warhurst '03 and Andrew Hogan L'10 are among the 10 semifinalists in the TCBY Store Giveaway, a national competition to win a TCBY franchise. To make it into the final five, they will need the support of the Elon community.

More than 50 African-American alumni of the past four decades gathered on campus April 23-24 for the African-American Alumni Summit hosted by Elon's Office of Alumni Relations. Attendees focused on how the more than 1,200 African-American alumni of Elon can partner with the university to engage in the life of the campus, particularly for African-American students.

Amid the aftermath of the global financial meltdown, Clayton Winkelvoss ’10 found a perfect topic for his Honors thesis: executive compensation on Wall Street. Did banks receiving funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program offer their employees larger or smaller compensation packages in 2008 than they did in 2007, before the financial crisis? Winkelvoss' work is the first in a series of E-net profiles that showcase Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2010.

In more than two decades covering professional baseball, ESPN senior analyst Buster Olney has seen some of the game's most poignant moments. He shared insights from his career and offered advice to future sports journalists on April 14 as Elon's Leisure and Sport Management Society Career Spotlight Speaker.