Exercise Science

Chris Leupold, professor of psychology, will succeed Hall in the role on June 1.

Urquhart's research examines mobile phones' effect on procrastination and mental health as well as the best ways to minimize distractions and determine the relationship between mobile phone usage and academic performance and self-efficacy.

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

National Biomechanics Day is an annual celebration of biomechanics. The collaborative event at Elon is facilitated by faculty in the Exercise Science, Performing Arts and Physical Therapy Education departments.

The Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement (WISE) Conference was held on Feb. 3 and 4 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Hupfeld was recently named to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 for Science due to her work using an MRI scanner to measure brain chemicals as an alternative to intensive brain biopsies.

Bryant, who was a standout softball player at Elon, followed her father into the railroad industry and this year became the first Black woman to head a short-line railroad in the United States.

The Elon Dance Science program had a very active fall semester attending and presenting at dance medicine and science conferences nationally and internationally.

The $377,800 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is designed to improve introductory science experiences for undergraduate students and increase retention of talented STEM students.  

Limed: Teaching with a Twist, a new podcast that plays with pedagogy, was developed by Matt Wittstein and produced by Dhvani Toprani in collaboration with the Center for Engaged Learning.