Articles by Michael Abernethy
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Alumni in Action: Health workers illuminate global, local fights against COVID-19
April 24, 2020
Patrick O'Malley '96, Kristin Kosta '11 and Assistant Professor of Public Health Studies Katherine Johnson spoke with President Connie Ledoux Book as part of a video series highlighting alumni working on the front lines of the pandemic.
‘Quarantine Essential’: Elon English Department compiles pandemic reading list
April 24, 2020
Spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry, films and even podcasts, the list points to humanity's empathy and resilience in the face of disease, faculty say.
Elon鈥檚 Political Science Department to host Pi Sigma Alpha journal through 2023
April 23, 2020
Elon undergraduates and faculty advisors will collaborate to edit and publish the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics beginning Fall 2020. Pi Sigma Alpha is the national political science honor society, comprised of more than 800 chapters at universities across America.
Alumni join English-teaching class to share overseas skills
April 20, 2020
Annaliese Jaffe '18 is teaching English in Ecuador. Courtney Kobos '19 was recently evacuated from the Czech Republic where she was teaching English on a Fulbright grant.
Schenhals 鈥13 delivers guest lecture on surgical procedures for anatomy lab
April 20, 2020
Erica Schenhals is in her second year of OBGYN residency with Prisma Health in Greenville, S.C. She paid a virtual visit to Associate Professor of Biology Jen Uno's lab to demonstrate common surgeries for students.
Alumni in Action: Shepherding congregations through COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Elon alumni ministers are leading communities to find beauty in simplicity, comfort in online connections and holiness in new places.
Alumni in Action: Amber Christino 鈥10 helps U.N. respond to COVID-19 in Africa
April 16, 2020
The French and international and global studies double major works with the International Organization for Migration in Burundi, a U.N. agency that supports migrants of all kinds. In the face of COVID-19, her duties have shifted to crisis communication and response in the East African nation.
Human Service Studies students craft podcasts to explore impact of COVID-19 on service agencies, diverse populations
April 14, 2020
Students had used podcasts to track semester-long experiences with local service agencies, and this spring have turned their attention to the impact of COVID-19.
Online parliamentary simulation adds engagement to comparative politics course
April 14, 2020
Assistant Professor Baris Kesgin transformed what had been an in-class exercise into an online simulation with students forming their own coalition governments.
Professor to speak on narratives of contagious disease
April 14, 2020
Priscilla Wald will give an online lecture, 鈥淐ontagious: The Outbreak Narrative, Coronavirus, and Why We Need to Change the Story,鈥 on Wednesday, April 15.