Articles by Michael Abernethy
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Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, names faculty fellows for National Campus Programs, internships
January 29, 2025
Joel Shelton will serve as the College's first Faculty Fellow for National Campus Programs and Elisha Savchak-Trogdon was selected as the College's new Faculty Fellow for Internships. Both are associate professors of political science and public policy.
Violinist, influencer Maya Kilburn headlines Joseph Bologne International Piano Competition opening
January 28, 2025
Maya Kilburn will perform with her father, pianist Ray Kilburn, in Yeager Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. Their recital opens the weekend piano competition for high school musicians, which is sponsored by the Department of Music.
Department of Engineering hosts N.C. Technology Student Association STEM Leadership Conference
January 27, 2025
Middle and high school students from across the state completed challenges with faculty in the Department of Engineering, grew leadership skills and built community through programs inside the Innovation Quad.
Get ready to tango: Winter Term tango party is Friday, Jan. 17
January 15, 2025
The milonga 鈥 a tango party 鈥 is from 8-11 p.m. in the Sacred Space of Numen Lumen Pavilion and part of O'Briant Developing Professor and Assistant Professor of History Yidi Wu鈥檚 Winter Term course, Argentine Tango.
Auston Henderson 鈥17 brings 鈥楬amilton鈥 to 榴莲app官方网站入 in master class
January 9, 2025
During a break from performing in the national tour of the hit Broadway musical, Auston Henderson 鈥17 and two castmates led a session for students in the Departments of Performing Arts and Music.
Elon physics professor guides Antarctic expeditions with National Geographic
December 17, 2024
Tim Martin, instructor in physics, will make his fifth and sixth trips to Antarctica this Winter Term with National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions. As an expedition guide, he leads passengers on excursions and teaches about geology, meteorology and astronomy.
Elon professor publishes book of famed critic Leslie A. Fiedler鈥檚 WWII letters
December 17, 2024
Samuele Pardini, who teaches Italian and American studies and was mentored by Fiedler, compiled "Writing Home鈥 from letters left to him by the prominent literary critic鈥檚 family. Fiedler worked in intelligence for the Navy during WWII.
Gift to Elon’s Art Collections brings Chinese porcelain exhibit to Lindner Hall
December 11, 2024
A student-curated exhibit of Chinese porcelain given to 榴莲app官方网站入鈥檚 Art Collection by Robert and Christi Bryden opened in Lindner Hall鈥檚 Inman Reading Room and will be on permanent display there.
Hwayeon Ryu awarded full-year sabbatical to model immune response in cancer treatment
December 2, 2024
榴莲app官方网站入 Faculty Research and Development Committee selected Ryu鈥檚 proposal for a full-year, full-pay sabbatical in 2025-26 to complete a mathematical model predicting the dynamics of key immune cells in cancer biology.
Missy Cummings shows risks of unfettered AI in Voices of Discovery lecture
November 18, 2024
The director of George Mason University鈥檚 Responsible AI Program and the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center illustrated reasons why AI must be perfected and monitored by human reasoning during her lecture at Elon.