Academics & Research

At Elon Law Review’s 2025 symposium, “Breaking News: First Amendment on Trial,” scholars and journalists explored free speech, press rights, social media and AI’s growing influence on information access.

Sabrina Perkins and Anna Grace Gilbert '27 attended and presented research conducted in the Infant Development Lab at a professional conference in Prague, Czech Republic, earlier this month.

Hwayeon Ryu, associate professor of mathematics, published a paper in Mathematical Biosciences on investigating bistable dynamics arising from macrophage–tumor interactions in the tumor microenvironment.

Throughout her time at Elon, Assistant Dean Vanessa Bravo, an administrator and professor in the School of Communications, not only studies relationships but has worked to foster them and a sense of belonging at the university.

Researchers, thought leaders, and policy makers attended a daylong program in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park on Sept. 17, 2025, to develop research agendas and explore philosophical questions on the nature of humanity with the rise of artificial intelligences.

Award-winning author Alejandra Campoverdi turned the 2025-26 Common Reading Lecture into a conversation, taking questions from Elon students about her life of “extreme contradictions" detailed in her memoir "First-Gen."

New faculty member describes his work studying structures in the universe

In his commentary, Blake analyzed Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ historic third-term electoral victory.

Findings were presented at a Sept. 17 conference, “The Human Edge: Our Future with Artificial Intelligences", co-hosted by Elon University and RTI International in Durham, N.C.

Kelsey Bitting in the Department of Environmental Studies has been recognized among early career faculty for innovative and effective teaching of earth science.