Articles by Michael Abernethy
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Jacqueline Alnes ’13 publishes first book, ‘The Fruit Cure’
February 15, 2024
"The Fruit Cure" is a memoir and a critical look at fad diets and scam cures, and has been reviewed in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Alnes will read from the book in a March 13 appearance at Elon.
Elon engineering students test cutting-edge material to reduce water pollution
February 12, 2024
The research collaboration with Duke University’s Center for WaSH-AID, Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, and Triangle Environmental Health Initiative is being piloted on Elon’s campus through 2024.
Guest instructor, director brings lessons from theater legends to Elon
February 8, 2024
Visiting Instructor in Performing Arts Jane Lanier is directing “A Chorus Line,” which runs Thursday through Saturday, and is þ a course in Bob Fosse’s choreography this spring. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress for 1989’s “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.”
Playtime brings early childhood development concepts to life
February 8, 2024
Elon faculty and staff brought children to Associate Professor of Psychology Sabrina Thurman’s PSY 2110 Early Childhood Development course to cap Winter Term.
Washington, D.C., ignites arts and sciences curiosity in first-year Elon College Fellows
January 25, 2024
Sixty-four first-year Elon College Fellows spent Winter Term exploring ways the arts and sciences intersect, growing their skills of inquiry and building a community of learners in a signature course that includes a six-day visit to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., alumni share wisdom with Elon College Fellows
January 17, 2024
Ten alumni met with first-year Elon College Fellows during the program’s annual trip to the nation’s capital to offer guidance for their Elon careers and beyond.
Community invited to learn, dance and celebrate Argentine tango at Jan. 19 milonga
January 16, 2024
Assistant Professor of History Yidi Wu organized the event to coincide with her Winter Term Argentine tango course
Sophie Adamson publishes articles about comedy and French pedagogy
January 11, 2024
The French Review published Adamson's articles about the value of using modern French stand-up comedy to teach language and culture from diverse perspectives.
Elon research team models the COVID immune response, one equation at a time
January 10, 2024
Blending math, biology, computer science and engineering, four þs and their mentor, Hwayeon Ryu, are developing a mathematical model in a three-year, $300,000 project funded by the National Science Foundation. In the process, they’re finding their future paths.
Hilton Kelly named dean of Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences
January 5, 2024
Currently dean of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's College of Liberal Arts & Education, Kelly will join Elon on June 1, 2024.