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The National Science Foundation has awarded ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ chemistry professor Joel Karty a three-year, $181,000 research grant to work with ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs assisting him in his ongoing study of two types of molecular phenomena that govern chemical stability.

Two ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students had their original screenplays selected to be produced and filmed as part of the nationwide Sprite Refreshing Films™ contest, a program "that gives future moviemakers a chance to create real films with industry pros and celebrities." Eleven additional Elon students were also selected to serve as staff interns.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchen at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ, a community program to serve meals to those in need in Alamance County, opened for the first time on Tuesday when top university leaders prepared lasagna dishes during a special College Coffee in the 1889 Grill Room.

Emily Delaplane figured a video she created for her fall semester global experience course was just for a grade. When her relatives forwarded a link to her YouTube project to colleagues and friends, the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ freshman found herself with more than an “A” – and Delaware’s Office of the Child Advocate couldn’t be happier.

Three ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students in an environmental communications course have had a class video project named a finalist for a PBS television special in April, and if their work receives the top number of votes in an online contest, the network may show the project this spring to a national audience.

A record-breaking number of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students leaped into the frigid water of Lake Mary Nell on Thursday in the 8th annual Polar Bear Plunge. Just shy of 150 students registered for the community event, with organizers awarding more than two dozen gift cards to area merchants and participants walking away with free T-shirts.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ has been included in the National Wildlife Federation’s ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Ecology 2010 campus sustainability case studies, the only database of its kind in the United States to highlight campus climate and sustainability efforts ranging from recycling and energy efficiency to alternative transportation systems and green jobs training programs.

The Southern Conference announced this week its Academic All-Conference Team for the 2010 fall season, with ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ at the top of the list of conference schools for the number of student-athletes who excelled in the classroom.

The ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Board of Trustees voted Oct. 22 to designate a 56-acre undeveloped tract north of University Drive as the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Forest, a dedicated land preserve and natural area. The action protects the largest remaining intact forest in the Town of Elon and safeguards thousands of species of plants, animals and other organisms.

When it comes to engaged learning, students in the fall semester public administration senior seminar on food and agriculture public policies learned that it doesn’t get any more hands-on than processing chickens themselves, from the final clucks to the customer sales on a small Orange County organic farm.