News Releases

A nine-member student-staff-faculty documentary journalism team from Elon's Imagining the Internet Center and School of Communications covered the Internet Governance Forum-USA at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2.

Elon University has been named one of five recipients of the Washington Center’s inaugural Higher Education Civic Engagement Award, a new honor given by the national nonprofit organization in recognition of a commitment to service-learning and civic engagement on campus.

The Colonnades dining hall has been named a runner-up in the “Dining Halls of Distinction” recognition program from University Business magazine, an award that represents excellence in all aspects of dining operations, including atmosphere, service, variety of offerings, guest satisfaction, environmental sustainability and financial stability.

Malaria kills as many as 3 million people worldwide each year, and for Elon University senior Amanda Brown, that’s 3 million people too many. The Ohio native, who is using her considerable mathematics skills to combat the disease, is the first student to be featured in a monthly series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of the university's Lumen Scholars.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will be at Elon University on Saturday to celebrate Mass before blessing the new home of the university’s Catholic Newman Center, now housed in the Holland House on South Campus.

A poetic new book by philosophy professor emeritus John G. Sullivan invites readers to embrace new energies and practices in the second half of their lives, rethinking many of the traditional views of retirement.

Widening existing roads and improving public transportation are what Mecklenburg County residents believe are the most effective ways to combat traffic congestion, according to the latest Elon University Poll, and two thirds of respondents support the expansion of light rail options throughout the county.

Half the citizens of Mecklenburg County believe their community has gotten off on the wrong track, and though more than two thirds of Charlotte residents in the latest Elon University Poll believe the upcoming mayoral and council elections are significant, no clear frontrunner has emerged in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Pat McCrory.

Considered one of the most esteemed American poets and the winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for his work, C.K. Williams comes to Elon University on Tuesday night for the ninth Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

If you’re trying to convince a jury of your innocence, it may help to tell the truth about where you were at the time of a crime – especially if your story bubbles with juicy details, according to a paper by Kyla Mathews '09, an Elon University alum who won the top prize for her research this summer in a national contest.