Biology

This month, Elon students from Dave Gammon's Science Without Borders class presented museum-style science demos to approximately 100 fourth-graders from Elon Elementary School.

Associate prfessor Kathy Gallucci presented her paper, "A Chromatid Is Not a Homologue," at the National Association of Biology Teachers Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 2010.

Elon University's Center for Environmental Studies hosted a Wild Feline Husbandry and Conservation Workshop on Nov. 6, 2010.

David Vandermast, assistant professor of biology and environmental studies, and Monica Poteat' 10, published "On the scarcity of red spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) in the beech gaps of Great Smoky Mountains National Park," in the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.

Environmental Studies assistant professor Josh Kapfer recently co-authored a manuscript published in the Journal of Zoology titled "Modeling the relationship between habitat preferences and home-range size: a case study on a large mobile colubrid snake from North America."

Elon University leaders on Monday formally announced the names of four distinguished professors named to endowed professorships. Eric Fink, Roland Smith, Brant Touchette and Catherine McNeela were recognized during the opening ceremony for Planning Week 2010.

Dave Gammon, assistant professor of biology, wrote a series of six editorial columns for the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News July 11-16, 2010.

Occasionally, an important science topic attracts so much attention and controversy from the public that regular folks have difficulty sorting out real vs. junk science.

Josh Kapfer, an assistant professor in the departments of Environmental Studies and Biology, is now the chair of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles' Grants in Herpetology Program.