Successful women's studies openhouse help Aug.28
The excitement at the women's studies program faculty open house was palpable, but had nothing to do with the lunchtime refreshments served at the event.
The excitement at the women's studies program faculty open house was palpable, but had nothing to do with the lunchtime refreshments served at the event.
Assistant professor John Easley and professor Curtis Shannon, with the department of chemistry and biochemistry in the College of Science and Mathematics, successfully led a collaborative effort between their research teams, the Easley Research Group and Shannon Research Group, to develop a new disease-detection method referred to as the electrochemical proximity assay, or ECPA.
I had the chance to attend a public forum for the city of Auburn this past week. The meeting was held to gather feedback and opinions from the community about the new Downtown Master Plan.The crowd's demographic was what you would expect for a forum meeting, mostly elderly members of the community, mixed with a few middle-age couples and a small group of students, most of whom were required to be there for a class.I went to the event expecting to be bored, but actually found myself getting excited.
Not many college students are able to boast the title of world-record holder. But ask Jake Brewer, Chris Patrick and Richard Alverson, and they can say they assuredly are.
Auburn students grabbed their bikes and helmets and met on Samford Lawn Friday, Aug. 30, for Critical Mass.
Despite whispers throughout campus, there have been no major changes to football game admissions for the fast approaching season.
Classes have started, which means early mornings and late nights in the library with frequent trips to Starbucks just to make it through it all.
In celebration of the miracle that is Wednesday, two students paraded through campus dressed as a humpback camel and shouted as joyously as a camel on Wednesday.
Bruce Smith, director of the Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer, has been awarded a 2-year, $118,848 grant to fund research for a new treatment for bone cancer in dogs.
Lately, a cappella groups have been gaining wider recognition thanks to shows such as NBC's "The Sing-Off " and popular movies like "Pitch Perfect."
While Auburn students have adjusted how they budget their time for the start of the semester their Student Government Association discussed changing the way it budgets its funds.
As summer comes to an end, Auburn's campus will be filled with thousands of new faces and opportunities to meet some of them.
Auburn is much more than a SEC college football campus.
While most of us spent our summer weekends looking for ways to avoid working, a group of Auburn students and alumni entered Atlanta's 48 Hour Film Project with the complete opposite in mind
"Every stranger has a story, but I don't have the time to talk to all of them," said Liz Ball, junior in psychology. It is this desire to discover the stories and common experiences of people that led Ball to organize and plan International Story Day.
The Auburn Circle, Auburn's student-driven art and literary magazine, aims to provide students a creative home for their work.
Legend says if an Auburn man brings an Auburn woman to the lathe and kisses her at midnight, the lathe will hold steady if she is a true Auburn woman.
When the Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in June, it confirmed legally married same-sex couples should be entitled to the benefits shared by all married couples.
Auburn University's online Master of Education program was recently ranked first in the nation by TheBestSchools.org, a higher education and career resource organization.
The Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship featured "High tech, low life" at its meeting Thursday, July 11.