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This shoe fits: George ’23’s track-and-field shoe design turns heads
February 20, 2020
Honors Fellow, engineering major and athlete Madison George '23 set out to design and prototype the first women's pole-vaulting shoe. The support of Elon faculty, staff, teammates and an alumnus has her thinking bigger.
WAU Workshop: Teaching Students to Convey Complex Scientific Content to a Non-Expert Audience: Writing Letters Home
February 14, 2020
The interactive workshop, hosted by Elon’s Department of Physics, will teach participants the “Letter Home” method of writing to convey complex ideas to non-expert audiences.
Raising the IQ: Introducing the Innovation Quad
February 14, 2020
This new academic quad that is included in the Boldly Elon strategic plan will seamlessly blend science and technology studies with the arts and humanities.
Matt Foster earns CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor
February 11, 2020
Foster, a senior tight end, becomes the first Elon football player to be named the conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Heard the one about the engineering prof who used to be a stand-up comic?
January 13, 2020
From stand-up comedy to cutting edge HIV research, Jonathan Su aims for sweet spot between teaching engineering skills paired with effective communication
Engineering students seek patent for transdermal patch design, control system
January 3, 2020
Elon seniors Matt Foster and Michael Borucki wanted to improve the nicotine patch. Their unique solution wowed faculty, will be the engineering program's senior capstone project and could change treatment for addiction.
Career Insights: PlayStation’s Mia Ginaé Watkins ’15 discusses careers in gaming
October 14, 2019
Did you know it's possible to get your dream job doing what you love most? Gaming! This article provides insight from an Elon alumn working at PlayStation. Find out what she does and how she got there.
New research shows ability to control soft robots with light, magnets
August 5, 2019
Ben Evans, associate professor of physics, is part of a research team looking into developing the new technology that could have application in the biomedical and aerospace fields.
'One Giant Leap': Elon reflects on Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years later
July 18, 2019
Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission, members of the Elon community, like retired NASA engineer Wally Sawyer ’64, are remembering the moment the world first put man on the Moon.
Flashback: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin recounts first moon landing in 2007 speech at Elon
July 17, 2019
In 2007, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin discussed the Apollo 11 mission that first put humans on the moon at Elon's McCrary Theatre. Watch a video of his remarks in this post.