Lumen Prize

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2021 from a wide array of disciplines.

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2021 from a wide array of disciplines.

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2021 from a wide array of disciplines.

Students were recognized for academic achievement, undergraduate research, service and other areas.

The university's top undergraduate research award comes with $20,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achievements.

The highly competitive award is designed to advance the academic pursuits of sophomores and juniors in colleges and universities who are pursuing research careers in natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

The senior elementary education major and environmental education minor recently published an article in the international journal Environmental Education Research on the role of gender in nature-based learning experiences, and is immersed in the classroom as a student-teacher.

Angela Myers (PWR '21) published an article on user-centered research in a refereed, national journal dedicated to undergraduate research in rhetoric and writing.

Biochemistry major Kevin Scott ’21, under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Yuko Miyamoto, is studying the molecular relationship between a high-salt diet and HER2-positive gastric cancer as part of his Lumen Prize research.

"An Introduction to Afrofuturism in Rap" is part of the Rap, Race, Gender and Philosophy course. The program is also part of the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity's Black History Month events around "Imagining a Black Future."