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Associate professor Tony Crider, chair of the Department of Physics at ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë with a Ph.D. in space physics and astronomy from Rice University, is available Jan. 28, 2011, to speak with reporters by phone for anyone seeking a university professor to comment on NASA’s Challenger disaster 25 years today.

ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë professors, students and alumni made regional and national news in recent weeks through their research and activities, both on and off campus. Notable in December and early January was media coverage of the ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë School of Law's Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic and the announcement by university leaders of a decision to locate the new physician assistant program on main campus.

ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë professors, students and alumni made regional and national news in recent weeks through their research and activities, both on and off campus. Notable in November was coverage of the ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë Poll, guest columns by university employees and mentions of faculty scholarship and student projects on blogs hosted by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Interviews conducted in December 2010 for Project Pericles media training purposes.

A special report by the Chronicle of Higher Education on graduation rates at 1,400 four-year colleges and universities highlights Elon's improving rates at a time when many other schools are experiencing declining numbers. In this study, Elon ranked #16 out of more than 300 private master's-level universities, the top school in the Southeast in this category.

ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë professors, students and alumni made regional and national news in recent weeks through their research and activities, both on and off campus. Notable this fall was coverage of the ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë Poll, the ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë Forest, and a new book on breast cancer recurrence by associate professor Barbara Gordon. The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.

A recent column in The Burlington Times-News underscored the civic engagement that students in an Elon journalism course perform each year.

Barbara Gordon, an associate professor of English, made appearances on local morning television programs this fall to speak about the publication of her co-authored book, Breast Cancer Recurrence and Advanced Disease: Comprehensive Expert Guidance, published by Duke University Press.

ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë sophomore Chris Thomas was named the 2010 Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Year and six Phoenix players earned all-conference honors.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked Elon among the nation’s top 50 best values in private higher education and the #9 university in lowest total costs, a distinction published in the magazine’s December edition. The 2010-11 ranking is the fifth consecutive top-50 placement of Elon by Kiplinger’s.