News
August
Evangelos Miliordos selected for endowed professorship
08/25/2020
Congratulations to Evangelos Miliordos, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), on his selection as the Dr. James E. Land Endowed Professorship effective October 1, 2020.
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Auburn’s arboretum helps faculty hold outdoor classes
08/25/2020
Auburn’s Arboretum usually brings the community together and now it is helping to bring the entire university together.
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08/25/2020
Jonathan W. Campbell’s career, following parallel paths at times, has been recognized with many honors and accolades, and his inspiration to help others led him to research and teach ways to protect the entire Earth.
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Oeding and Holweck awarded the Thomas Jefferson Fund
08/22/2020
Dr. Luke Oeding and his collaborator Dr. Frédéric Holweck were just awarded the Thomas Jefferson Fund click here by the Embassy of France in the United States and the FACE Foundation for their project entitled “Machine Learning, Invariants of Tensors and Quantum Information.” The project period is September 1st 2020 to August 31st 2022.
Congratulations, Luke!
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How the Auburn family works together to make a difference
08/18/2020
“The most enjoyable human characteristic is the desire to help other people,” said James Hairston, a professor emeritus of water resources in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture.
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Auburn’s first NRT-award virtually connects students about climate change
08/18/2020
In September 2019, Auburn University received its first $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) to train students to impact climate resiliency in the southeastern United States (U.S).
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Musical Background Inspires Physics Alumna to Teach the Physics of Music
08/18/2020
“A degree in physics teaches you so much more than just physics,” explained Catherine Jahncke ’88. “You learn how to be a problem solver. You learn perseverance because most of the problems you tackle are challenging. Those skills will help you no matter what career you choose. So my advice is to embrace the challenges, solve the little puzzles that you encounter, each one helps you to grow.”
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Message from Dean Giordano - August 11, 2020
08/11/2020
To all COSAM faculty, staff, and students,
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08/11/2020
“The College of Sciences and Mathematics aims to make an impact in everything we do,” explained Dean Nicholas J. Giordano. “This celebration was an opportunity for our college to make an impact on our graduates and their families, and show them how truly proud we are of their accomplishments.”
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08/11/2020
Ulrich Albrecht joined Auburn University in 1984, became full professor in 1994, and has served as a department chair, graduate program officer, faculty senator, and has given his talents in many other roles in the department and university. He is currently nearing completion of his term as interim chair. Luke Oeding, assistant professor of mathematics and associate chair and undergraduate program officer, (digitally) sat down with him to get some of his perspectives on his 36-year career at Auburn.
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08/10/2020
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08/10/2020
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Message from Dean Giordano - August 2020
08/04/2020
To all COSAM faculty, staff, and students:
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Bonsai — Tips and Tricks from Patrick Thompson of the Davis Arboretum
08/04/2020
For more than a thousand years, the art of bonsai has cultivated plants on a small scale.
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Geography Alumnus Has Best Job in the World
08/04/2020
Auburn College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) alumnus Wardell Edwards ’06 switched his major a few times before landing in the Geography Department. He has the "best job in the world" now.
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08/04/2020
The College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) makes an impact to thousands of students each year. In 2019, more than 10,000 students, parents, teachers and members of the community participated in events hosted by COSAM’s Office of Outreach.
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08/03/2020
As the social distancing continues throughout our area, people are finding it difficult to let go of tension, anxiety and stress. It could be that, as a student your place of employment is closed; as a faculty member you’re trying to figure out how to safely and effectively conduct classes, maintaining the quality and standard your students deserve; as an administrator or director, you may be working out how to safely have your team back on campus and in their offices – especially if all of you work in a small area. There is plenty to keep you up at night and keep you from feeling refreshed or rested during the day. How you successfully bring your brain and body down will differ from person to person, “You've just got to gradually bring the brain and the body down, sort of from that altitude of wakefulness onto the hard, safe landing pad of sleep at night,” says Matthew Walker, a sleep researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Why We Sleep.”
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