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August
Mathematics alumna Angela Barlow named Graduate School dean at UCA
08/31/2017
COSAM alumna Angela Barlow was selected dean of the Graduate School at the University of Central Arkansas. In this role, Barlow will oversee UCA’s 62 graduate degrees and certificates.
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Mathematics alumnus wins AIG’s Kaggle/Data Science competition
08/28/2017
COSAM alumnus, Man Peng, PhD, mathematics ’08, won the American International Group’s, or AIG, first Kaggle/Data Science competition. Peng works as a data scientist in personal insurance for AIG’s headquarters in New York, NY.
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Jenda and Johnson to give keynote lectures at SAMSA 2017
08/04/2017
Overtoun Jenda and Peter Johnson have accepted invitations to give keynote lectures at SAMSA 2017 that will be held at Arusha, Tanzania, November 20-23, 2017. SAMSA is the abbreviation of the organization Southern Africa Mathematical Science Association.
http://www.maths.udsm.ac.tz/samsa2017/speakers-and-topics/
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Auburn University professor secures an additional $5 million to increase diversity in STEM workforce
08/03/2017
Auburn University’s Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for Special Projects and Initiatives and professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, secured an additional $5 million from the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that aims to diversify the workforce in the Black Belt region of Alabama by increasing the number of students from historically underrepresented groups who receive undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM. Jenda had previously secured $5 million in funding for projects aimed at increasing diversity in the STEM workforce, bringing his total to $10 million in the last year.
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08/03/2017
As part of an ongoing species reintroduction effort, scientists at Auburn University, along with numerous state and national partners, released 26 threatened Eastern indigo snakes into Conecuh National Forest on Friday, July 14. The release is part of an on-going project, coordinated by the Auburn University Museum of Natural History’s Alabama Natural Heritage Program, to reestablish the Eastern indigo snake in its native, longleaf pine forest habitat in south Alabama.
The Eastern indigo snake is the longest native snake in North America, and may reach a size of 8.5 feet and a weight of 11 pounds for males, and 6.5 feet and 6.5 pounds for females. A non-venomous, docile snake, the Eastern indigo gets its name from its lustrous, glossy, iridescent blue-black coloring of the head and body.
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