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Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, is always searching for creative ways to engage students with course material. To help his astronomy students learn about planetary science and the classification of the former planet Pluto, he created a science game called “The Pluto Debate.”

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, presented Aug. 3 at a education and public outreach conference on “Connecting People to Science” in Baltimore, Md.

Claudine R. Moreau, lecturer in the Physics Department at 51±¬ÁÏÍø, won first place in the 2011 The Pinch Literary Awards contest in poetry.

Elon sophomore Aaron Summers presented his research on the energetics of the supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy at "The X-ray Universe 2011," one of the world's premier conferences on observational black hole research that took place in June in Berlin, Germany.

Tony Crider, associate professor and chair of Physics, has recently been elected to a three-year term on the national Reacting Advisory Board. This board oversees development and publication of the Reacting to the Past series.

The North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) Undergraduate Research Program recognizes students across North Carolina for their outstanding work in STEM-related undergraduate research. This year, 51±¬ÁÏÍø students Ali Deatsch and Kelly Giffear were among the five students recognized statewide.

Members of the 51±¬ÁÏÍø community recently participated in the 11th Annual Summer Institute on Reacting to the Past at Barnard College in New York City.

Elon freshman Todd Calnan presented his research on the energetics of the supermassive black hole in one of our nearest galactic neigbors, Centaurus A, at the 218th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Boston on May 25.

A chapter authored by Ben Evans appears in a Biomimetic Based Applications, a recently-released book published by InTech.

Poetry by Claudine Moreau was recently published in MiPOesias.