Biology

Inspired in part by his grandmother’s fight against Parkinson’s disease, Elon University senior Andrew Fischer hopes his undergraduate research will be a small contribution to the elusive search for a cure to the degenerative neurological condition.

The Elon Noyce Scholars Program is accepting applications from current sophomores who are interested in becoming high school science or math teachers.

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Paul Lockhart piloted the space shuttle Endeavour on two missions to the International Space Station and will share his stories with his Elon University audience.

The article, first published in the Journal of College Science Teaching in 2012, was a finalist in the 2013 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards. 

The $2,000 award supports a service-learning course involving sixth graders from Western Alamance Middle School.

Associate Professor Janet MacFall writes in a newspaper column about the successes of the landmark environmental legislation and the failures where renewed energy is needed.

Think your life is bad? In a newspaper guest column, Associate Professor Dave Gammon shares research that shows other species - especially mockingbirds - have it worse.

Dave Gammon, an associate professor in the Department of Biology, just had an article accepted for publication in Behaviour, a peer-reviewed journal of animal behavior.

The Biology Department presented scholarships and awards to students Friday, May 10 at the annual senior send-off picnic and awards ceremony.