Physics and Astronomy

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.

Moreau, a lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recognized for her poem “Break the Hen."

The competitive award will allow Levanti to continue her research on black holes in dwarf galaxies, which could have implications for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.