Ryan Kupperman

Ryan Kupperman '25 is studying journalism at Elon University. Kupperman serves as Enterprise Story Coordinator at Elon News Network — pursuing and assigning in-depth stories, mentoring editors, and reporting. When Kupperman is not in the newsroom, he enjoys TV shows and movies, being active outside, and playing games with his friends. Kupperman hopes to pursue a career in communications after graduation. See Kupperman's best work on his online portfolio.

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Recent Articles

NEWS 9/16/22 7:51am

Elon pushes for male involvement in sexual assault prevention, consent education

By Ryan Kupperman

Senior Trevor Molin is one of two new healthy masculinity and relationship student assistants, dedicated to teaching and expanding upon consent, healthy masculinity and gender-based violence education at Elon University. 

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NEWS 9/13/22 4:56pm

Alamance County judge dismisses Confederate monument lawsuit

By Miranda Ferrante , Margaret Faust and Ryan Kupperman

A superior court judge from the Alamance County Historic Courthouse dismissed a lawsuit Sept. 13 from the North Carolina NAACP requesting the removal of the Confederate monument in downtown Graham.

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NEWS 9/12/22 8:43am

Get to know the overnight Elon University staff

By Ryan Kupperman

It’s 3 a.m. inside Belk Library. Because the building is open all night during weekdays, all the lights remain on. From the first floor, it’s impossible to hear Tammy Wilson, Belk’s overnight janitor, wiping office windows and emptying trash cans on the second and third floors. Even for a library, the silence is overwhelming. 

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NEWS 9/2/22 2:26pm

CHEAT SHEET: Buying into Biden's bill

By Ryan Kupperman

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping bill on Aug. 16 focused on counteracting climate change, as well as Medicare and health provisions and IRS resources, through the biggest investment in U.S. history. The $740 billion package consists of $80 billion to be pumped into the IRS and around $700 billion to be used for new spending and easing deficits. 

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NEWS 9/1/22 11:06pm

HealthEU brings more mental, medical health resources to students, faculty and staff

By Ryan Kupperman

Dean of Students Jana Lynn Patterson gave campus-wide mental and physical health updates for the Elon community, on Sept. 1 during Elon University’s Student Government Association’s first business meeting of the 2022-23 academic year. During the meeting, three students were appointed to the Senate and three students were appointed into new roles. 

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LIFESTYLE 8/31/22 9:12am

Burlington residents grateful for new, outdoor gym

By Ryan Kupperman

The completion of Burlington’s outdoor gym makes it the third one of its kind in the Alamance County area, along with the ones located on Elon University’s campus and in Mebane. Each court is essentially a mirrored version of one another — containing variants in color and visual aesthetic — as they were all designed by the National Fitness Campaign.

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NEWS 8/30/22 4:53pm

2023 Fiske Guide to Colleges recognizes Elon University

By Ryan Kupperman

Elon University was recognized by the 2023 Fiske Guide to Colleges as a pioneer in experiential learning and global engagement, according to a news release. 

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NEWS 8/21/22 1:44pm

Elon University engineers find home sweet home

By Ryan Kupperman

Students in the fall 2021 Engineering Design for Service class watched through the window of their McMichael classroom as the first brick was laid for Elon’s new Innovation Quad. 

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LIFESTYLE 8/20/22 2:14pm

Elon University hosts family send-off picnic

By Ryan Kupperman

Following New Student Convocation Aug. 20, freshmen and their families gathered just outside of Lakeside Dining Hall for the family picnic. For many families, this is the last meal they will share with their children before heading home and leaving them to start the 2022-23 academic year. 

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NEWS 8/18/22 11:07am

Elon University freshmen move-in at East Neighborhood

By Ryan Kupperman

Built in 2018, East Neighborhood is Elon’s newest student neighborhood. With three residence halls, the neighborhood is the host of four LLCs: PAIDEIA, service, honors pavilion and the Elon College fellows. Like Historic, East is made up mostly of freshmen students. East is located just past the Academic Village, next to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 

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NEWS 7/1/22 2:02pm

Benevolence Farm expands to Burlington

By Ryan Kupperman

The end of June marks the first month of operation for Benevolence Farm’s secondary location in Burlington. Benevolence Farm, a non-profit social organization, works alongside formerly incarcerated women who are able to live and work at the farm upon their release. 

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NEWS 5/16/22 12:40am

Campaigning for US Senate: Chrelle Booker hopes to address voting restrictions and bring people together

By Ryan Kupperman

Chrelle Booker is mayor pro tem and a native of Tryon, North Carolina. According to her campaign website, Booker is running for the U.S. Senate because of new restrictions on voting.  

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NEWS 5/15/22 11:14pm

Campaigning for US Senate: Dr. Greg Antoine hopes to address education, underserved communities and solidifying voting rights

By Ryan Kupperman

In addition to his military experience, Greg Antoine said he has always been passionate about education — one of his prominent platform points as he continues his campaign for the U.S. Senate in the upcoming primary elections. 

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NEWS 5/2/22 10:11am

Housing market shatters historical precedents, enters uncharted territory

By Ryan Kupperman

According to Norada Real Estate Investments, the residential housing market gained nearly $7 trillion in value in 2021 — only to be overshadowed by a $43.4 trillion increase as of April 21. 

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NEWS 4/22/22 3:22pm

Elon University professor receives $300,000 COVID-19 research grant

By Ryan Kupperman

Elon University professor of mathematics Hwayeon Ryu was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant in April to fund her COVID-19 research for the next three academic school years. 

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NEWS 4/14/22 1:07pm

President Joe Biden visits Greensboro, North Carolina A&T

By Kyra O'Connor , Margaret Faust and Ryan Kupperman

President Biden addressed a crowd of about 300 in Greensboro today at the Alumni-Foundation Event Center on North Carolina A&T State University’s campus. Biden’s trip to Greensboro today is his third time in North Carolina since he was elected.  

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NEWS 4/7/22 3:11pm

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman to serve on Supreme Court

By Ryan Kupperman

Jackson is Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee and is only the sixth woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She will be sworn in once Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer. 

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NEWS 4/7/22 7:42am

Elon University Hillel pushes to represent growing Jewish community on academic calendar

By Ryan Kupperman

With Elon’s Jewish community in mind, senior Lindsay Rosenzweig, co-president of Elon Hillel, said Hillel is pushing for Elon to add Yom Kippur as a day off to the academic calendar. Rosenzweig said that Elon’s consistently growing Jewish population is also grounds for addressing this change now, compared to in previous years.

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NEWS 3/22/22 3:54pm

Family Weekend 2022 scheduled for Sept. 30 to Oct. 2

By Ryan Kupperman

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is also planned for Nov. 4 to 6, where Elon will host the University of Albany in Rhodes Stadium on Nov. 5. 

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NEWS 3/8/22 3:36pm

Concerns about free speech, conflict of interest arise in Graham City Council vote

By Ryan Kupperman

Concerns about free speech and conflict of interest surfaced in Graham City Council special meeting on Feb. 23. The council voted to temporarily suspend the city's Special Events Committee, leaving some local activists confused and fearful.

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