Archive for March 9, 2011

Luke Johnson '07, an English major who graduated in 2007, has published a book of poems with New York Quarterly Books.

Elizabeth Kolbert, an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change and The Prophet of Love and Other Tales of Power and Deceit, visits Elon University on March 10 for an evening lecture sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum.

Elon University professors, students and alumni continue to make news this winter through their research and activities. Notable in February was media coverage of the Elon University Poll, broadcast news appearances by faculty who discussed Super Bowl ads and the Watson computer on Jeopardy!, and reports on the opening of Campus Kitchen at Elon University.

Alan Russell, associate professor of mathematics, received a grant from the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership. The grant supports his work, "Origami as a Gateway for the Study of Japanese Culture and Society," allows him to strengthen and deepen his work with Clover Garden School, a K-12 charter school in northern Alamance County.

Alumnus Sam Slaughter, a municipal beat reporter for Greater Media Newspapers in New Jersey, recently won a third-place award from the New Jersey Press Association for weekly feature writing. Slaughter, a 2009 graduate, majored in English, anthropology and sociology at Elon.

A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its second day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards and prizes from local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.