News Bureau

Research by associate professor Harlen Makemson has been featured by Triad television stations and newspapers in recent days in the lead-up to the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing.

Harlen Makemson, associate professor in the School of Communications, recently appeared on NPR's "On the Media" to discuss the 40th anniversary of the U.S. moon landing.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized Elon University in its 2009 “Great Colleges to Work For” program, which honors institutions for best practices and policies, such as faculty-administration relations, confidence in senior leadership, and compensation and benefits.

David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published July 5, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

Rosemary Haskell, a professor of English, had an op-ed piece on health care reform, "The Pain of Being Ill and Uncovered," published in the Raleigh News and Observer on Sunday, July 5, 2009.

Robert "Bob" Anderson, an associate professor of political science, spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 2 about plans for universal health care under discussion in Washington, and what type of political considerations will be made by members of Congress and President Barack Obama's administration.

The News & Record newspaper in Greensboro, N.C., published a column this weekend by sociology professor Tom Arcaro, who shared preliminary research into the stigma atheists feel when they publicly share their views on faith and religion.

The national switch to digital television broadcasting on Friday spurred hundreds of calls to a phone bank at Elon University, where students and staff from the Federal Communications Commission assisted North Carolina viewers with complaints of lost TV signals or requests for analog-to-digital converter box coupons.

When Robert Hoppey '09 saw a tough job market in the year leading up to his graduation, he built a "souped-up multimedia resume" that included a video spoof of "The Office" television program to show potential employers his creative side. CBS Evening News took note, too, and Hoppey was featured in a June 8 nationwide segment on the ways college graduates are marketing themselves in an economic recession.

The nationally acclaimed political web site RealClearPolitics quoted Hunter Bacot, director of the Elon University Poll, in a June 3 article that examines North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s prospects for re-election in 2010.