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Arboretum to host plant sale featuring Auburn Azalea series
On Saturday, April 9, from 8 a.m. until noon, the Davis Arboretum will host a native azalea sale featuring the Auburn Azalea series. The Auburn Azalea series is a collection of hybrid native azaleas that are planted throughout campus, including Samford Lawn, the President’s House, and the Davis Arboretum, and come in various colors, including multiple shades of orange. The native beauties represent more than three decades of breeding trials brought to you by the tireless dedication of Auburn scientists, faculty and staff, including the the late professor of fisheries R. O’Neal “Smitty” Smitherman, the late dean of the College of Agriculture Dennis Rouse, retired researcher at Auburn's Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Tom Corley, retired Auburn University Professor of Music and Composer Robert Greenleaf, and many others. The series includes spectacular cultivars such as ‘Samford Sorbet,’ ‘Tiger,’ ‘Aubie,’ ‘War Eagle,’ ‘Plainsman’ and more. Gardeners will enjoy the showy and colorful blooms combined with the hardiness and long bloom season of the Auburn Azaleas. Newly planted native azaleas require regular watering, but once established are resilient and can withstand drought and the intense heat of summer. The plants will grow in partial shade, full shade or full sun; prefer moist, well-drained soil along steams, rivers and lakes.
To ensure genetic accuracy, each of the plants sold in the Auburn Azalea series are grown from tissue culture. Plants in the series come in a variety of colors and can be purchased each A-Day at the Davis Arboretum’s spring plant sale. Auburn Azaleas can also be purchased at the fall plant sale or by mail order from October 1 to March 1. All proceeds from the plant sales directly benefit the Davis Arboretum.
To read the full story on the Auburn Azalea series, click here.
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COSAM junior named Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
COSAM junior Natasha Narayanan has been chosen as a 2016 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, an honor bestowed to only 252 students nationwide this year. The scholarship is widely considered the most prestigious award in the United States for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Narayanan is an Auburn University Honors College student who is double majoring in biochemistry and Spanish (College of Liberal Arts). She has conducted two undergraduate research projects, both under the direction of Bradley Merner, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. As part of the first project, she worked to incorporate a chemical modification into antisense therapeutics drugs, which may lead to better treatments for genetic diseases. Her second research project relates to medicinal chemistry, which she hopes to apply to the synthesis of a natural product known as haouamine A, a product that has shown selective anticancer activity in human colon carcinoma cells.
To read the full story, click here.
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Armbruster named director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History
Auburn Professor Jonathan Armbruster has been named the new director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. His term began April 1.
Armbruster joined Auburn in 1998 as an assistant professor. He was named associate professor in 2003, and alumni professor in 2007. He has served as curator of the museum’s fish collection where he has grown the collection from 25,000 jars to 65,000, obtained a specimen from every continent, and developed online searching capabilities through a database system.
His area of research involves the systematics, ecology and functional morphology of fishes, particularly suckermouth armored catfishes, or Loricariidae, which are the largest family of catfishes in the world, also known as “plecos” in the aquarium trade. He is involved in survey work of several regions of South America including Guyana and Venezuela, and also works on local projects involving ecology, behavior and systematics of fishes.
To read the full story, click here.
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Auburn amateur radio club to commemorate university’s 160th anniversary
On Saturday, April 9, the Auburn University Amateur Radio Club, K4RY, will host a special event in commemoration of the university’s 160th anniversary. The club will set up in front of Samford Hall, and from 9 a.m. to mid-afternoon will send out the call sign, “W4E,” which is a nod to Auburn’s battle cry, “War Eagle." The FCC only issues short, three-character call signs for radio operators who are commemorating a special event. Ham radio operators from around the world may receive the W4E call sign via Morse code, voice or digital signal, and they will recognize “W4E” as a special event. Those who respond will receive a message from W4E stating 2016 marks the 160th anniversary of Auburn University.
Furthermore, those who get in touch with university amateur radio operators will have an opportunity to receive a QSL card, which is a written confirmation of communication during the special event. Internationally, ham radio operators frequently make it a hobby to contact special event stations and collect QSL cards, and the card sent for W4E will feature a photo of Samford Hall.
Auburn University student and community radio amateurs participating hope to make contact with radio operators in all 50 states and numerous locations throughout the globe. The event will take place on A-Day and has been organized by Stew Schneller (K4JOP), professor of chemistry and biochemistry. John Hung (KI4NHX), professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the faculty advisor to the Auburn University Amateur Radio Club.
The public is welcome to stop by and learn more about W4E, K4RY and ham radio special events. For more information, contact Stew Schneller at schnest@auburn.edu.
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