Academics & Research

With projects rooted in storytelling, sustainability and community, two communication design majors earned honors in the 2025 Graphis New Talent Annual, showcasing their creativity on a global stage.

Elon University is featuring a variety of photos every month to highlight the exceptional learning, work and activities of students, faculty and staff.

To celebrate Elon University’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum on April 29, Elon is highlighting several students presenting their research at the annual campus tradition.

Boyd '26 collaborated with teaching faculty at Elon and UNC Wilmington to present their research study on the counter-narratives of Brown v. Board of Education at the 2025 NC Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting.

Elon University's 32nd annual SURF Day brought together the Elon campus community for more than 250 presentations on a variety of research topics.

Among the evening’s award recipients were Brynja Burton ’25, named Major of the Year, and Will Ferris ’25, who earned the James P. Drummond Service Award.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, presented two conference presentations for social studies educators alongside colleagues from The University of North Carolina Wilmington and Elon student Mary Boyd '26 at the 2025 NC Council for the Social Studies Meeting in April.

Research by three faculty from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education was featured at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

To celebrate Elon University’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum on April 29, Elon is highlighting several students presenting their research at the annual campus tradition.

Eighty percent of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll expect higher prices due to new tariffs, with a stark partisan divide on whether higher prices now are worth the hope of a better economic future.