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Ernie Lunsford, professor of Spanish, has published a new book, ¡Salud!: Introductory Spanish for Health Professionals.

By his own admission, the eminent American philosopher John Dewey never adequately articulated a theory of personality. Six decades after Dewey's death, Elon University professor Yoram Lubling offers that missing chapter by tracing the philosopher's developing understanding of personhood in a new book titled The Person Vanishes: John Dewey’s Philosophy of Experience and the Self.

A new book co-authored by Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, and Lee Rainie, a member of the School of Communications Advisory Board and director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, focuses on the future of intelligence in the age of instant information.

Teresa LePors and Shannon Tennant presented a session entitled “Collection Management Using III Reports” at the Southeastern Innovative Users Group’s annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. on January 25, 2011.

It’s a common view among feminists that in today’s society, women are frequently depicted in advertising, art and media as little more than sex “objects” for men. But is that the right description? Ann J. Cahill, a professor of philosophy, doesn’t think so, and her new book Overcoming Objectification: A Carnal Ethics offers an evolved viewpoint for critiquing the portrayal of women in the 21st century.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus has published a new book, titled "The Fourfold Path to Wholeness: A Compass for the Heart."

Jerry Tolley, head football coach emeritus at Elon, recently published his sixth book of football drills. The Complete Book of Football Tackling Drills offers detailed, illustrated instructions from some of the college football's most renowned coaches, including Ohio State's Jim Tressel, Alabama's Nick Saban, Texas' Mack Brown and Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer, among many others.

Elon University professors, students and alumni made regional and national news in recent weeks through their research and activities, both on and off campus. Notable in December and early January was media coverage of the Elon University School of Law's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic and the announcement by university leaders of a decision to locate the new physician assistant program on main campus.

Belk Library added a rare volume to its archives this fall when an Elon alumna donated to the university a copy of the first land survey ever completed in England, today considered one of the most important documents of the medieval era.