Grant from the Mathematical Association of America adds up to increase a student’s positive math experience

Melinda Lanius is the recipient of a Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grant entitled “Promoting Success in Mathematical Enrichment through Graduate Teaching Assistant and Undergraduate Pre-Service Teacher Training” from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Through this project, Lanius will provide hands-on outreach educational activities to local middle and high school students.

The MAA seeks to encourage students to pursue further education in mathematics though this program. The $5,000 award will encourage students and provide hands-on learning of more complex mathematical information that may not be in a student’s standard curriculum.

COSAM Talks

It all adds up in this episode of COSAM Talks. Melinda Lanius discusses how the grant above will positively impact local middle and high school students.

High school students complete unique, advanced educational experience at Summer Science Institute

Thirteen rising juniors and seniors representing six high schools across Alabama and Georgia completed a week-long Summer Science Institute held June 5-11 on Auburn University’s campus. Hosted by the Office of Outreach in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, the institute is a science program held annually for students with a high aptitude and interest in the fields of science and math.

Summer Science Institute partners students with Auburn University science and math research faculty to engage in topics more advanced than what is typically taught in a public or private high school environment. Through lab instruction and unique, hands-on learning opportunities, they get to explore cutting-edge science in research areas across COSAM’s five departments.

Verve Therapeutics Appoints Experienced Biotechnology Executive, Alexander G. “Bo” Cumbo, to its Board of Directors

Verve Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease with single-course gene editing medicines, announced that Alexander G. “Bo” Cumbo, chief executive officer and president of AavantiBio, Inc., has joined the company’s board of directors.

Learn more about Bo Cumbo in this spotlight article.

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