Elon Alumni

Hundreds of mourners paid tribute April 7 to the life of Edgar Eugene Gooch III, a professor of chemistry remembered for the grace and gentleness that served as “a hallmark for all his interactions.” Gooch died last week when a passing car hit his bicycle on University Drive north of campus.

Anderson Cooper doesn't think his work will necessarily change the world, but for the acclaimed CNN and CBS journalist, that isn't the point. His value, he says, is in "bearing witness to what's going on." Cooper visited Elon on April 7 with a trip that culminated in a special afternoon lecture to 2,400 people in Alumni Gym.

Join Elon President Leo M. Lambert and President Julianne Malveaux of Bennett College for Women at 6:30 tonight in the LaRose Digital Theatre for "The State of the University: Forging Connections Amidst the Challenges in Higher Education."