News Bureau

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Dec. 14, 2008, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. "Gifts for 'interesting' times" uses the concept of a holiday gift list to comment on the past election and the economy.

Margaret Miller, an instructor and executive-in-residence in marketing, provided expert commentary for News 14 Carolina in a recent news segment that examines what retailers are doing to lure shoppers in a holiday season overshadowed by a recession.

Faculty members in the Elon University School of Law co-authored an article for the Winter 2008 edition of The North Carolina State Bar Journal. In “Back to the Future: Creating a 21st Century Legal Education at Elon Law School,” Catherine Ross Dunham, Steve Friedland and George Johnson share ideas for instructing future lawyers in the Internet era.

Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with Fox 8 WGHP (High Point, N.C.) on Dec. 10, 2008, about the ongoing recession, consumer behavior and what kind of economic outlook to expect in 2009.

Elon's study of the nation's switch to digital television broadcasting was included in a Nov. 1 Broadcast Engineering story.

President Leo M. Lambert, trustees and members of the Law School Advisory Board and Board of Visitors have been named to the Triad Business Journal's 2009 Most Influential List. The special section was part of the Dec. 5 edition of the Business Journal.

New Voices, the national Jewish student magazine, included Elon in a Nov. 24 article about the boom in Jewish student enrollment at Southern colleges and universities. The story mentions Elon, Vanderbilt University, Millsaps College, and the University of Charleston as schools that are experiencing rapid Jewish enrollment growth.

Jason Kirk, an assistant professor of political science, spoke with News 14 Carolina on Dec. 4 about President-elect Barack Obama's national security team and the challenges faced by Obama and President Bush in the Indian subcontinent.

Jennifer Platania, an associate professor of economics, talked with News 14 Carolina on Nov. 25 about a recession now gripping the American economy and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team.