From blogs hosted by The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to appearances on statewide news channel News 14 Carolina and NPR affiliate WUNC 91.5 FM, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty, students and alumni continued making news this summer for their research and service both on campus and around the nation.
The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.
6/24: The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press: profiled work by Lars Bredahl’s as part of his iMedia studies at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Bredahl graduated in May.
7/10: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: was a monthly business leadership column by professor emeritus David Noer, who wrote about the need to separate the commemoration of soldiers who die in wars from the politics & motivations of those who planned them. (Column not posed to the News & Record website; link goes to Noer’s personal site)
7/12: News 14 Carolina: includes an interview with professor Chalmers Brumbaugh in a story on student involvement with the Democratic National Convention to be hosted in Charlotte in 2012.
7/13: (Jacksonville, N.C.) Daily News and the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: is a staff editorial lauding ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ for its plans to fund national Teaching Fellows after state support for the program ends in 2012.
7/13: YES! Weekly: included observations on rail travel by Kevin Otos in the Department of Performing Arts.
7/14: WUNC 91.5 (NPR affiliate): reports on a revised Teaching Fellows offering that the university created after the state ended the program in recent budget cuts.
7/15: The Gazette (Montgomery County, Md.): profiles the work of Alex Pepper ’11, who will join the cast of a touring production of the critically acclaimed musical performance.
7/18: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: recaps the 2011 summer component of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy college access and enrichment program organized by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.
7/19: Fox 8 WGHP: reports on the start of the LIFE@ELON program. RELATED from the Business Journal of the Triad: RELATED from the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News:
7/20: News 14 Carolina: was a one-on-one interview between News 14 Carolina anchor Tracey Early and associate professor of physics Tony Crider.
7/20: (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer: was an opinion column by professor Rosemary Haskell on the relationship between press mogul Rupert Murdoch and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
7/24: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: featured ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s new graduate program for physician assistant studies.
7/25: Chronicle of Higher Education: lauded ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ as a place where employees feel valued by their employer. RELATED from Fox 8 WGHP:
7/26: Roll Call:includes quotes and information from assistant professor Mileah Kromer in a story on politicians who use social media. Kromer is researching how state lawmakers use the social network Facebook.
7/27: Fox 8 WGHP: updates viewers on building projects taking shape on campus over the summer.
7/28: New York Times: an entry on the Times’ “Well” blog, includes the design for a new food label by iMedia alumnus Bradly Mu ’11 that placed third in a national contest.
8/1: The Princeton Review: lauds ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ for its Study Abroad (#4 in the nation) and theatre programs (#15 in the nation) in the publication’s annual rankings.
8/2: Wall Street Journal: was a post on the Journal’s “The Juggle” blog, which cited research by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors Steve DeLoach and Tina Das on grooming.
8/3: Fox 8 WGHP: is a digest of North Carolina schools honored in recent Princeton Review rankings. RELATED from the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: RELATED from News 14 Carolina:
8/3: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: reports on President Leo M. Lambert’s involvement in a White House-sponsored panel discussion promoting President Barack Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
8/7: (Jacksonville, N.C.) Daily News: profiles the career of Dr. Walter O’Berry ’54.
8/9: Jerusalem Post and the St. Louis Jewish Light (via the Jewish Telegraphic Agency): quotes ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student Arielle Weil in a story that reports on a national conference for Hillel in St. Louis, Mo.
8/10: The St. Petersburg Times: tells the story of Evan Lutvak ’15 and his efforts to make biodiesel to fuel a 1981 Mercedes-Benz he purchased for $650.