Articles by Michael Abernethy
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Students begin work on Loy Farm Living-Learning Community, a ‘truly groundbreaking’ project
July 28, 2023
Twelve sustainably designed homes will become the Loy Farm Living-Learning Community, a model of green architecture where students thrive by living harmoniously with nature. The LLC will open in fall 2024 with all 12 homes completed by fall 2025.
In political science, Pi Sigma Alpha journal’s well-oiled machine gets another turn
July 27, 2023
Elon’s Department of Political Science and Policy Studies has hosted the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics since fall 2020. Students and faculty will continue editorial oversight of the national political science honor society’s journal for another three-year term through 2026.
Elon students, faculty participate in CAA Health Science Research Scholars Program
July 21, 2023
Mark Dobson '24 and Olivia Halperin '26 are CAA Health Science Research Scholars, a program aimed at increasing high-quality undergraduate research and mentoring. They and Elon faculty attended a summer workshop to strengthen virtual mentoring experiences.
Mallory Poff ’23 awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
July 20, 2023
Poff is pursuing a master of science in mechanical engineering and material science at Duke University.
SURE midpoint lunch advances ‘the story of research’
June 28, 2023
Members of 45 research teams of undergraduates and faculty mentor in Elon's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program met this week to reflect on work completed and prepare for poster presentations July 19.
John Luke Farah ’24 uses research to raise profiles of the businesses of refugees
June 5, 2023
Part ethnographic research, part marketing study, Farah worked with six microenterprises founded by clients of the Triad Refugee Business Center to build their online presence and gain customers.
Ringelberg named Clark Art Institute Fellow
May 30, 2023
Ringelberg will participate in the residential fellowship at the Clark Art Institute in Williamston, Massachusetts, beginning in January 2024, completing a manuscript about art genres and genders focused on 19th and 20th century France.
Commencement singers Oni and Rhodes took unique paths to graduation
May 18, 2023
Sayo Oni has been part of the cast of Broadway’s “Hadestown” since 2021; Candace Rhodes transferred to Elon in 2020 and is drawing attention from productions around the country.
Innovation Challenge winner Aaron Satko ’25 goes in search of the next big idea
May 16, 2023
Satko's Campus Conscious system, recycling plastic bottles into 3D printing filament linked to an online rewards app, won this year's Elon Innovation Challenge.
Amy Allocco awarded research fellowships to study class of Hindu artist-priests
May 11, 2023
Allocco will study in Tamil Nadu, India, beginning in summer 2023, documenting the songs, traditions and art forms created by a family of intergenerational pampaikkārar, drummer-priests. The pampaikkārar are unstudied Hindu musicians and ritual specialists.