The Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship won the 2021 Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines honor for its Marketplace Under the Oaks initiative.

The WILD, Thinx and TUSHY founder and best-selling author will discuss how to innovate, differentiate and create relevance in a noisy world.

Elon’s chapter of the honor organization for financial information students and professionals initiated a dozen Martha and Spencer Love School of Business students during a virtual ceremony.

Research co-authored by Associate Professor Ifeoma Udeh and Elon alumna Naomy Thiombiano was published in the Managerial Auditing Journal.

The assistant professor of marketing explains in a Computers in Human Behavior article how the use of avatars in a social virtual world can help individuals alleviate the anxiety of contracting the coronavirus.

Thom Ruhe, president and CEO of NC IDEA, will be presented with the Elon University Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership on Oct. 7 at 5 p.m. in the LaRose Digital Theatre.

The Business Fellow alumnus received recognition from the International Association of Agricultural Economists for the papers, “Rethinking the Link between Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity: Theory and Evidence” and “Investment Decisions and Gender in Agricultural Households: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Rural Tanzania.”

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business welcomed new full-time faculty members in accounting, marketing, management, analytics and finance.

Kevin Trapani, CEO of The Redwoods Group, will share business insights and career advice with students.

The student organization was recognized for its activities during the 2020-21 academic year.