Articles by Michael Abernethy
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Eliza Spear ’22 wins ASCAP songwriting award
September 8, 2020
ASCAP is the largest performing rights organization in the world, supporting composers and songwriters.
Prudence Layne featured in HuffPost article about capitalizing the word ‘Black’
September 8, 2020
Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne was among writers and language experts interviewed around capitalizing 'Black' and 'White.'
Elon College’s fall courses the product of intentional planning, creativity
September 8, 2020
Faculty in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, spent the summer reexamining instruction and finding ways for students to connect with content and each other.
Virtual internship affirms for Rebecca Carranza ’22 that she belongs in biology
September 3, 2020
Now a budding scientist and entomologist with the Hamel Lab, Carranza is a first-generation, Latinx college student who once questioned her calling to science. Growing up, she rarely saw scientists who looked like her represented. Her summer internship raised the profile of an unheralded female entomologist from the 20th century and forged connections in her field.
Ringelberg co-edits Journal of Visual Culture’s first transgender art issue
August 27, 2020
The issue began as a 2018 College Art Association conference panel Ringelberg organized around transgender art.
English 110 helps first-year students find meaning, connection through writing
August 12, 2020
Surveys this spring showed that students' appreciation of writing — and their perception of its power to change themselves and the world — grew after classes went remote. English 110 is a First Year Foundations course and part of the Core Curriculum.
Economic opportunity, access to local government central to first CoRE community forum
July 29, 2020
Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized The CoRE: Conversations on Race and Equity to discuss community issues in Burlington and Alamance County
Elon professor leads The CoRE: a series of online community forums exploring race and equity
July 23, 2020
This is the first in a series of virtual forums that runs through Sept. 7 and will focus on race and policing. Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized the forums to strengthen conversation among the community, area leaders, and government officials.
Eduardo Gonzalez ’21 launches successful Nashville sanitizing business
July 21, 2020
After internship opportunities fell through, Gonzalez used his savings and entrepreneurial skills to start Music City Sanitizing LLC using electrostatic disinfectant spray to sanitize area businesses and facilities.
Elon Explorers summer science camp goes virtual in second year
July 16, 2020
The nine-day, virtual version of Elon Explorers was designed by Elon faculty, alumni, and undergraduates to boost scientific thinking and skills in Alamance-Burlington School System middle schoolers through synchronous and asynchronous experiments.