Articles by Eric Townsend
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Howard Katz moderates panel for Public Funds Board Forum
December 29, 2008
Howard Katz, a professor of law, moderated a panel on the
risks and opportunities of investing in hedge funds at the Public Funds
Board Forum in San Francisco, from Dec. 13-16, 2008.
New book by Tripp York contemplates idea of love
December 29, 2008
Is love nothing more than yearning? What happens when a person is in a
relationship with someone he no longer desires? Tripp York, an
instructor of religious studies at Elon University, asks such questions
in Anesthesia: A Brief Reflection on Contemporary Aesthetics, his first work of fiction and second book published since 2007.
Mark Prokosch research links brains with sex appeal
December 29, 2008
Attention men. Drop the dumbbells and hit the books. Your brain may be your most attractive body part. Mark Prokosch, an Elon University adjunct assistant professor, shows in new research due to be published this winter in Evolution and Human Behavior that intelligence is important when it comes to attracting a woman.
Research by Janna Anderson covered by global media organizations
December 19, 2008
News organizations around the world have reported in recent days on
research by associate professor Janna Q. Anderson for
the Imagining the Internet Center in Elon's School of Communications, conducted in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Woody Pelton named next Dean of International Programs
December 19, 2008
Lee Heywood (Woody) Pelton has been named the next Dean of
International Programs and Director of the Isabella Cannon Centre at
Elon University. Pelton, who begins his duties at the end of May, comes
from Winthrop University in South Carolina where he has directed The
International Center for the past two years.
Law School announces holiday break schedule
December 18, 2008
Elon University School of Law moves to holiday hours starting Dec. 18 and will be on an abbreviated schedule through Jan. 3, 2009.
LSM Society spearheads two events to raise $10,000
December 18, 2008
The LSM Society raised $10,000 this fall by managing concessions for a PGA event in Cary, N.C., and by hosting a wheelchair basketball tournament.
Funeral services set for campus security officer Louis Adams
December 17, 2008
Campus security officer Louis Adams died Dec. 15, 2008, at Duke Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
Henry Gabriel reelected to UNIDROIT council
December 16, 2008
Henry Gabriel, a visiting professor at the Elon University School of Law who has served on the Governing Council of The International Institute for the Unification of Private International Law (UNIDROIT) since 2003, has been elected to another five-year term on the council.
David Noer publishes column in News and Record (Greensboro, N.C.)
December 16, 2008
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.