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Elon leaders announced Monday that the associate professor of biology has been selected the next Japheth E. Rawls Professor for Undergraduate Research in Science.

Dozens of professors representing 20 colleges and universities returned to campus July 26-31 for the second year of a three-year research seminar hosted by Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Students participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences program spent eight weeks on campus collaborating with faculty on a variety of projects.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior Rachel Mehaffey used the university's top prize for undergraduate research and creative achievements to study the way dancers interpret what they are asked to perform on stage and in the classroom.

Using economic data from China, an ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior found that tourism helps reduce poverty for many residents in developing countries, though some people are helped more than others.

An ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· music theatre major and Elon College Fellow interviewed residents of a local retirement community for stories shared in an original production.

An ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior independent major in neuroscience made a surprising discovery when she tracked brain activity in dancers being shown how to perform a new task.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· students and professors shared research findings and creative work Tuesday at the Spring Undergraduate Research Forum, a day set aside each spring for the campus community to celebrate scholarship and faculty mentoring relationships.

Though parents of preschoolers focus more of their efforts on teaching children how to read, two ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· seniors found that you don’t have to be a wizard with numbers to create in young people a love for math and science.

A cinema & television arts major conducted ethnographic interviews as part of ongoing research on the future of the Internet.