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Elon’s science labs adapt to challenging semester
September 17, 2020
Blending in-person experimentation with remote methodologies, faculty have changed the way labs operate while meeting learning requirements.
Technology creates new learning spaces in Elon College courses
September 16, 2020
This summer, a small army of faculty and staff prepared technology and tools that create opportunities for students to connect with material and each other.
Five Elon faculty members awarded endowed professorships
August 12, 2020
The professorships support members of the faculty from a variety of disciplines across the university.
Astronomy collaboration granted observations to find black holes
August 7, 2020
Collaboration including associate professor of astrophysics Chris Richardson will use Chandra and Gemini Observatories to detect black hole signatures
Elon family makes gift to support Innovation Quad
July 21, 2020
The generous commitment will support new facilities for the university’s STEM programs, a top priority of the Elon LEADS Campaign and the university’s strategic plan.
Elon-N.C. State partnership demonstrates artificial cilia controlled with magnets and light
June 8, 2020
Researchers from the two universities have made advances in the field of soft robotics by bending artificial cilia into new shapes using a magnetic field, then returning the cilia to their original shape by exposing them to light.
STEM gift continues McMichael family’s support of science education
May 29, 2020
The generous gift from the McMichael Family Foundation, including Elon Trustee Mac McMichael P’99, Life Trustee Gail McMichael Lane P’96 GP’23 and Flavel McMichael Godfrey, will support Elon’s new Innovation Quad, a priority of the Elon LEADS Campaign.
Richardson awarded computational time to simulate gas around black holes
April 27, 2020
Chris Richardson, associate professor of astrophysics at Elon, and a collaborator at UNC-Chapel Hill will receive the equivalent of $6,000 in computational resources from a National Science Foundation-funded program.
Remote Teaching: Home is where the office is
April 10, 2020
Elon faculty share how they have transformed their homes into creative and meaningful work spaces.
Elon science labs donate supplies to Alamance Regional Medical Center
March 27, 2020
Gloves and masks from McMichael Science Center were given to the Burlington, N.C., hospital on Thursday; Hospitals nationwide are asking for masks and other protective equipment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.