Political Science and Public Policy

Thirty-eight percent of N.C. residents support marriage rights for same-sex couples; 29 percent oppose any legal recognition.

Views on same-sex marriage, the GOP presidential candidates and North Carolina's gubernatorial candidates were also measured in the latest poll.

Professors will research freedom of the press, social media, media images and the way stories of public assistance are communicated.

Women support the president in greater numbers than men, and movement was seen in public attitudes about Obama's handling of the economy.

The former editor of the News & Record in Greensboro will serve as director of communications. Follow the poll on Twitter: @elonpoll

The group faces prison should members return to their home nation and they now dedicate their lives to speaking for their oppressed countrymen.

Robin Wright, a regular contributor for organizations such as the BBC and CNN, visited Elon this week with firsthand accounts of the Arab Spring.

Author of Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World, Robin Wright will appear at Elon as a guest of the Liberal Arts Forum.