Physics and Astronomy

Pranab Das, professor emeritus of physics, is a co-organizer of the workshop “Modeling Multi-Scale Collective Intelligences” at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA.

Rocket Phoenix, Elon’s rocket club, is back this year bringing in more than just STEM majors to launch their ideas.

For her Honors Program thesis project, Aubrey Spicola ’25 is working to create a “mixed reality planetarium” to help others study the night sky at all hours.

Students gathered on Oct. 1 to learn about and hunt for mushrooms and fungi.

STEM poet Claudine Moreau shines on live radio show.

Chris Richardson, associate professor astrophysics and Japheth E. Rawls professor, shared his summer experiences at the Astro/Physics Tea

This summer, Jules Levanti '25 was awarded a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) to study black holes at Penn State

Weekly meetings in the Department of Physics and Astronomy returned with a special focus on student clubs.

The five annual awards acknowledge excellence in teaching, mentoring, scholarship and service-leadership among faculty and staff in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

Professor of Physics Emeritus Pranab Das has been selected by the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics to serve as a senior fellow for fall 2024.