Lumen Prize

Following years of research and an eight-week study abroad experience in Cairo, Triche's Lumen Prize research has found that secularism has become both a tool for and a justification of authoritarianism in Egypt.

Altmann’s research project involved collecting and testing 2.5 pounds of cigarette butts and devising a cigarette smoking apparatus to find out which metals are being released by littered butts.

Trocki, associate professor of mathematics, and Stimson, mathematics with teacher licensure major, published their research as Proceedings in the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Trocki presented their research at the annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The think tank published its first policy research pieces this winter after a collaboration between Amaya Gaines ’23 and her mentor, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies Dillan Bono-Lunn.

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.

A team of third-year engineering majors led by Vivian Krause '24 and mentored by Assistant Professor of Engineering Jonathan Su is collaborating with Burlington's Solid State Clothing and TS Designs to find the best way to preserve natural dyes.

“Elon provides a lot of different opportunities for students, no matter their major or area of interest. That’s something that’s unique about this school and why I love it here.”

Gaines, a political science and policy studies major, along with her mentor Assistant Professor Dillan Bono-Lunn are working to dissecting the mechanics of policies through Intersectionality Policy Process Analysis to advocate for a more inclusive, identity-informed policymaking process.

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.

Public Health Studies alumna, department chair, and national collaborators published the first-known study exploring how parents help their internationally adopted child living with HIV prepare for and manage stigma in Social Science Medicine-Qualitative Research in Health.