News Releases

More than half of North Carolina residents have a favorable view of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, whose marks are much higher than those of Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, according to the latest Elon University Poll.

A majority of North Carolinians support offshore oil drilling initiatives, and nearly four out of five respondents in the latest Elon University Poll believe that supplies should be available exclusively to people living in the United States – not sold to nations overseas.

Critical thinking is not just private pondering, mental gymnastics, or a bland set of teachable skills - it’s an activity that real people do together in community, according to Martin Fowler, an Elon University lecturer whose first book “The Ethical Practice of Critical Thinking” examines the concept.

Award-winning author and public education reform advocate Jonathan Kozol visits Elon University on Sept. 23 for its 2008-09 Common Reading Lecture to share with college students the joys of serving impoverished children.

CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin visits downtown Greensboro on Sept. 22 to discuss his latest bestselling book on the Supreme Court as part of the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series.

James A. “Jay” Hendrickson has been elected to the Elon University board of trustees.

Elon University earns a top national ranking in a new feature included in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” guide. The magazine named Elon the top "School to Watch" in a listing of colleges and universities that have made “striking improvements or innovations – schools everyone should be watching.”

Connie Book, associate dean of the School of Communications, along with student Lauren Limerick, testified Sept. 16 before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. They discussed findings of their recent study of the nation’s transition to digital television.

Two record books from the early years of the Christian Church are now available online through Elon University’s web site for researchers to access anywhere in the world.

A team of students led by communications professor Connie Book traveled to Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 8 to document what happened when the first American media market made the historic switch from analog to digital television.