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A new study in the Journal of Experiential Education suggests community-based learning may help more underrepresented students pursue STEM degrees, but highlights major gaps in how its impacts are studied.

Following a year and a half collaborative process that involved faculty from across the college, the new statement was shared at the college’s recent spring faculty meeting.

Dave Parker, Dave Gammon, Jen Uno and Jessica Merricks developed the case study to help students re-trace ancient human migration patterns using genetic evidence.

The professor of biology and environmental studies received the Distinguished Scholar award, Elon’s leading faculty research award, in Spring 2025.

The professor of biology will share his research journey, scholarship experiences and the lessons he learned from them that helped his academic growth at Elon.

Eleven Elon seniors and alumni have been named semifinalists for The Fulbright U.S. Student Program: the largest educational exchange program in the world that offers research, study and teaching opportunities to recent graduates in more than 140 countries, with approximately 2,000 grants awarded annually in all fields of study.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· students face their fears and try new recipes through Winter Term Burst the Bubble courses: free, student-led, non-credit sessions where students with a talent, interest or skill share their knowledge with their peers.

In this column distributed by the ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Writers Syndicate, Professor of Biology Dave Gammon reflects on what his freshman students taught him about crossing the political divide. The column was published by the Charleston Post & Courier and the Burlington Times-News.

The Elf Exchange encouraged students in the Elon 1010 Honors course to use whatever they could find in the Maker Hub, and their creative powers, to share joy with one another.

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