Articles by Owen Covington
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Elon University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducts new members
April 6, 2022
The April 4 dinner and ceremony included remarks by President Connie Ledoux Book and an address by Marta Tienda, the Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar and Emeritus Professor of Demographic Studies and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
Black Innovation Matters event on April 13 to focus on ‘Black Wall Street’
April 5, 2022
The virtual event will include discussions about honoring the past while amplifying the future.
Marta Tienda to offer Phi Beta Kappa lecture
April 5, 2022
Tienda, the Maurice P. During ’22 Professor of Demographic Studies and professor of sociology and public affairs emerita at Princeton University, will speak in LaRose Digital Theatre in the Koury Business Center at 5:30 p.m.
Elon to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with events throughout April
April 1, 2022
The university will offer a wide array of events and activities throughout the month of May in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.
Chronicle of Higher Ed highlights how Jennifer Eidum integrates war in Ukraine into the classroom
April 1, 2022
Assistant Professor of English Jennifer Eidum, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, was included in a roundup of how Ukraine is being taught in the classroom.
Elon University Anatomical Gift Program hosts N.C. chief medical examiner
March 31, 2022
Dr. Michelle Aurelius recently met with students in the School of Health Sciences to learn more about how the anatomical gift program supports health care education at Elon.
Triangle Business Journal includes insights from Tonmoy Islam on car plant plans
March 30, 2022
The article about plans by Vietnamese carmaker VinFast to build a $4 billion manufacturing plant in Chatham County cited insights from Assistant Professor of Economics Tonmoy Islam.
March 30 update from Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley
March 30, 2022
Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley is providing regular email update messages to keep students and parents informed about the efforts for a healthy Spring Semester.
In My Words: To reduce gun violence, focus on function instead of form
March 30, 2022
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Psychology Mat Gendle makes an argument that firearms regulation should focus on the function of the firearm, not the form. The column was published in its entirety by the Burlington Times-News and Yahoo News. An abbreviated version was published by The Charlotte Observer, The Raleigh News & Observer and The Durham Herald-Sun.
Elon MBA named a Top 100 part-time business program by U.S. News & World Report
March 29, 2022
Elon ranks #88 in the 2023 U.S. News “Best Part-time MBA Programs” list released Tuesday, March 29.