Eric Townsend

Elon University’'s Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society hosts the award-winning journalist for a discussion of the pope’s recently concluded U.S. visit and the issues facing October’s Vatican Synod on the Family.

Student leaders are sponsoring small American flags that will line the walkways of Young Commons on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with proceeds to benefit the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Elon University, Davidson College and Furman University collaborated this month to host an undergraduate research forum featuring student projects that sought answers to several public health questions and concerns.

The assistant professor of human service studies spoke with the international wire service for an article that looked at the corrupt adoption process involving Guatemalan children following a decades-long Civil War - and efforts by Guatemalan adoptees today to find their birth parents.

All tickets for the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture with syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. have been distributed. Elon staff will begin taking names for a wait list at the Center for the Arts Box Office at 6 p.m. on Thursday. You must be present to get on the list and present if your name is called for a ticket. Staff will call names in the order that they are received.

Elon University senior Alexandra Cantone authored a report on women's roles in countering violent extremism in Saudi Arabia as part of a summer internship at the Institute for Gulf Affairs, a Washington think tank to which she applied with help from faculty and the Student Professional Development Center.

Community members joined with Elon University students, faculty and staff Tuesday night for a public forum led by civic leaders and historical experts who shared ideas for improving race relations in the United States.

Dozens of people gathered on Aug. 29, 2015, in the Danieley Neighborhood to celebrate the life of Trent Stetler, a Pennsylvania native known for his infectious smile and countless friendships across campus.