Archive for June 21, 2010

From the Charlotte Observer (6/21/10): The notion that good government must be open and transparent, answering to informed and empowered citizens, was fundamental to America's creation. The Founding Fathers made that clear.

It takes more than cardboard and trash bags to make a boat that can cross Lake Mary Nell. Mathematics, physics and engineering play a role in the process, too, as scholars in the Elon Academy discovered Thursday afternoon when they set sail across the pond as part of the “Challenges in Engineering” course offered this summer in the academic enrichment program for Alamance County teenagers.

Paul Miller and Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler made a presentation titled "A Developmental Approach to Undergraduate Research" at the national conference of the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) in Ogden, Utah.

Megan Squire, associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, traveled to South Bend, Ind., from May 30-June 2 to lead several panels and workshops at the 6th International Conference on Open Source Systems.

Seven faculty members, students and alumni helped May 8 to build a 2-mile portion in Alamance County of the state's 1,000-mile-long Mountains-to-Sea Trail.