COSAM Today is a newsletter that provides alumni and friends of the Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, with a smart way to stay on top of the latest news and updates from the college.
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Learn about how COSAM is dedicated to offering new ways for students to learn in this month's message from Dean Giordano. Read about students that benefited from the university's Plainsmen's Prep Program and find out about interactive learning experiences such as an active learning approach for core classes.
“This EPSCoR grant will help me excel towards my path to earn my doctorate degree in physics,” Blanchet explained. See how this graduate student wrote a grant to become self-funded and why he believes a degree in physics is lucrative in today's job market.
Emily Roarty, a proud COSAM alumna, is the executive director of strategy and impact for the Moon Shots Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “The skill set you have as a scientist is extremely applicable across a wide range of careers,” Roarty told students. Learn more about this alumna and what she shared with students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
“It is a chance to get new experiences doing field-based research, see the world a little bit, and go out and be representatives of Auburn University,” Hood said. Check out the Mobile Mitochondrial Lab.
“I think being able to show kids, especially underprivileged kids, fun experiments and letting them see how cool math and physics can be and inspire them is a wonderful thing,” Pierce shared. Find out more about this COSAM senior.