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January



Future physicists build experiences impacting their future careers at Auburn University during Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

Welcome and War Eagle - Welcoming attendees to the conference - Back row: Vini Nathan and Luke Bryant. Front row left to right: Jennifer Morris and Sharon Godbee.

01/31/2023

The opening session of the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, or CUWiP, welcomed several speakers, including Vini Nathan, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Throughout my career, I have worked to foster a work environment that uplifts others and helps them to realize their own capacity for success. By participating in conferences like this, you are doing the same for yourselves and one another,” said Nathan.

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Breaking the Bonds: Researchers from Auburn Physics Uncover Molecular Secrets of Dangerous Bacterial Infections

Computational Biophysics Group

01/31/2023

Scientists at Auburn University have made a breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria with a new study on the molecular origins of mechanostability during bacterial infections. In the study, they investigate the interaction between bacterial and human cell proteins. The interaction is known to play a significant role in the development of hospital-acquired infections, offering possible routes for the development of a new class of antimicrobial therapies that target these proteins.

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Change the life of a student by becoming a teacher in the state of Alabama

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01/31/2023

Teaching mathematics can help change the lives of students in the state of Alabama.

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Shane Campbell-Staton from Princeton University receives Guyer and Hermann Lecture award

Left to right: Craig Guyer, Shane Campbell-Staton and Sharon Hermann.

01/31/2023

Shane Campbell-Staton, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, is the recipient of the Guyer and Hermann Lecture from the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University.

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Joint Alabama-Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications COMING SOON to Auburn University

01/30/2023

COMING SOON TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY

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Auburn postdoctoral researcher observing rare green comet that even amateur sky watchers can see in northern sky

Youssef Moulane take a selfie with right to left  Joseph Tucker, undergraduate student  Mohammed Saki, Postdoctoral researcher  Bebi Rai, Graduate student

01/24/2023

A rare green comet is about to pass by Earth, and soon everyone will have a chance to see it. 

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Maggie Han takes new role in COSAM as new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Maggie Han

01/17/2023

Since 2007, Maggie Han has been making an impact in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM.

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DMS's Maggie Han selected COSAM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

01/11/2023

Dr. Maggie Han selected COSAM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs effective January 16, 2023.  Congratulations Maggie!

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Auburn University hosting regional Conference of Undergraduate Women in Physics

Flyer for CUWiP 2023

01/11/2023

Auburn University is hosting the regional Conference of Undergraduate Women in Physics on January 20 - 22, 2023. For more information visit the CUWiP Conference website.

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Laurie Stevison receives MIRA award for $1.8 million to investigate the role of female egg production in driving biodiversity

Laurie Stevison receives MIRA award for $1.8 million to further understand fertility in speciation research

01/10/2023

Laurie Stevison, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is the recipient of a prestigious $1,864,043 award from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, or NIGMS, part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.

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DMS Assistant Professor Jingyi Zheng, Ag. Econ. Assistant Professor Wenying Li, and CSSE Assistant Professor Shubhra Kanti Karmaker first in national Coleridge Initiative Food for Thought Data Challenge

01/09/2023

Auburn University team “Auburn Big Data” placed first in the national Coleridge Initiative Food for Thought Data Challenge, in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The team comprised of Wenying Li, assistant professor of agricultural economics; Jingyi (Ginny) Zheng, assistant professor in mathematics and statistics; Shubhra Kanti Karmaker, assistant professor in computer science and software engineering; and his doctoral students, Naman Bansal and Alex Knipper. spent more than 1,000 hours developing a model predicting links between scanner data and the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies.

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