Archive for March 28, 2011

Undergraduate students are applying their knowledge of physics, biology and chemistry to solve real and relevant dangers facing humanity. “Everything we do in our lab is strongly motivated by significant, real-world issues, and all of our research is driven by undergraduates. These students are all making contributions to their respective fields which will be published in peer-reviewed professional journals,” say Ben Evans, director of the research group.

Assistant professor of anthropology Kim Jones recently presented a paper at a conference hosted by the American Anthropological Association.

Faculty members Martin Kamela in the Department of Physics, and Aaron Peeks and Kim Jones in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, ran a workshop on Ethical Partnerships in International Service-Learning at the Gulf South Summit on March 4, 2011, in Roanoke, Va.

Elon Law professor Steve Friedland delivered a presentation titled "Redesigning Legal Education One Archetypal Structure at a Time," to the faculty of Western Law at The University of Western Ontario in Canada on March 3. Friedland directs the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law at Elon.

Assistant professor Prudence Layne presented at the 35th annual National Council for Black Studies conference held March 16-19 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Chad Awtrey, assistant professor of mathematics, presented a research talk on p-adic numbers at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science in Elon, N.C., on March 26, 2011.

Music major Josh Goldstein and Omri Shimron, assistant professor of music, participated in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Elizabeth Cowling Cello Celebration March 24-26. The three-day event celebrated the life and work of Elizabeth Cowling, who was a cellist, pedagogue, author and major contributor to UNCG's Silva Cello Music Library.

Claudine Moreau, lecturer in Elon's Department of Physics, received an honorable mention for her poem in the 2011 North Carolina State University Poetry Contest.

Clyde Ellis, professor of history, joined a panel of invited scholars from Wake Forest, Clemson, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and gave a public lecture on Friday, March 25, at UNC Charlotte's fourth-annual American Indian Studies Symposium.