Physics and Astronomy

Elon’s first NC Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholar will be graduating in spring 2025, and now she’s reflecting on all of the opportunities, both on and off campus, that have made her Elon career out of this world.

The departments held a joint end-of-year banquet by the departments honors graduating seniors and award winners

Two Elon alumni have been selected for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and one senior has been named an honorable mention.

The regional STEM conference for undergraduate students, called Integrating Research in Science (IRIS), celebrates interdisciplinary interactions by bringing together the realms of STEM and STEM-related fields.

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

Moreau won first, second and finalist honors in statewide poetry contests

Over 80 educators and students from North Carolina and Virginia visited Elon's Innovation Hall for the 2025 Spring Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

The conference was established in 2018 to give students from smaller institutions without the resources of major universities the opportunity to present their research and interact with students from other colleges and universities.

Nearly 120 Elon students, faculty, and staff gathered to observe the moon passing into Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse.

Simulations created by Associate Professor Chris Richardson have helped reveal elusive black holes observed with the James Webb Space Telescope