Colleges with mask mandate see high mask usage, study says
Published: February 12, 2021
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Researchers at six universities, including Auburn University, have found that mask usage was high on campuses in locations where masks were mandated.
Study findings were reported in “Observed Face Mask Use at Six Universities United States, September–November 2020” and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, in its “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,” or MMWR. Often called “the voice of CDC,” MMWR is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication.
The study at Auburn is a result of a collaboration between Linda Gibson-Young, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, and Andrea Perkins, a clinical lecturer in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The pair recruited students from across campus to be CDC-trained observers.
Auburn has come a long way since 1964 integration, but realizes more must be done
Published: February 10, 2021
Amy Weaver | Office of Communications and Marketing As Auburn celebrates Black History Month, the university takes a look back at the trailblazer, Harold A. Franklin, who moved the institution forward through integration and propelled it toward needed change that continues to this day.
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The 1960s was one of the most turbulent decades in American history. There was the Summer of Love, Woodstock and the moon landing, but three prominent men were assassinated and violence erupted in cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, as well as Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma, Alabama.
Auburn selects KSU’s Morris to lead advancement operation
Published: January 21, 2021
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Auburn University is implementing an improved structure to strengthen its effectiveness in alumni engagement, philanthropy, communications and marketing.
John Morris, who served the Kansas State University Foundation as senior vice president for development since 2016, begins March 8
leading the new organization as Auburn’s first senior vice president for advancement. He will direct approximately 200 professionals in the combined Auburn Offices of Alumni Affairs, Development and Communications and Marketing.
The merged entity creates an integrated, efficient team that promotes a shared, strategically focused vision of Auburn, according to President Jay Gogue.
Leischuck Award winner Kerry Inger brings out the best in her accounting students
Published: January 20, 2021
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Kerry Inger wants her students to see the interesting aspects of tax in everyday situations, and especially those that aren’t every day, like how tax laws can affect a baseball caught at a Major League Baseball game.
“Is that baseball taxable? It can depend on the player and situation,” she said. “An ordinary foul ball, no. But a key home run in the World Series, most definitely.”
Inger, associate professor in the Harbert College of Business’ School of Accountancy, teaches undergraduate and graduate tax accounting classes. The classes involve different approaches to teaching, but Inger brings out the best in her students, no matter the level.
Career, mentorship of Auburn’s Jenda profiled in mathematics magazine
Published: January 19, 2021
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Auburn University’s Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for Special Projects and Initiatives and professor of mathematics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, is featured in the upcoming February issue of the magazine “Notices of the American Mathematical Society.”
Jenda an Auburn professor since 1988 who received the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring last year is profiled in a four-page feature in an article titled, “Overtoun Jenda: A STEM Mentor Extraordinaire.” The article in the acclaimed mathematics magazine was written by his colleagues, Ash Abebe and Brittany McCullough from Auburn University, as well as Suzanne Lenhart from the University of Tennessee, and highlights Jenda’s teaching career, his various