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Four members of the Class of 2024 and one member of the Class of 2023 have been selected for the prestigious program that offers opportunities for recent graduates in more than 140 countries. Five have been selected as alternates.

Dr. Dinidu Karunanayake, Elon professor of Literature, publishes article “Teaching Sri Lankan Literature in the American South,” and shares his thoughts on the presence (or dearth of) Sri Lankan literature in the US college classroom.

Student poetry contest winners read along with invited guest poets.

The university's top undergraduate research award comes with $20,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achievements.

On March 29, 2024, Professor of English Rosemary Haskell presented a paper at the National Conference of the Popular Culture Association, in Chicago.

Dan Burns, assistant professor of English, recently presented at the American Comparative Literature Association’s annual meeting, held this year at the Palais des congrès de Montreal from March 14-17.

On Monday, Feb. 26, author Jessie van Eerden visited Elon University for a creative nonfiction reading. 

Assistant Professor of Cinema & Television Arts Kai Swanson and Assistant Professor of English Dan Burns presented their collaborative research at this year’s joint Literature/Film Association and Association of Adaptation Studies virtual conference.

Six students were honored for their work during a Feb. 12 event marking the publication of the annual journal.

In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor Rosemary Haskell examines what we as a society gain by the triumphs of those explorers who brave danger to accomplish new things. The column was published by the Fayetteville Observer and other media outlets.