Join the Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Initiative in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) for this one-day symposium as a presenter or audience member. Presentations will be highlighted by keynote speaker and prominent civil rights activist\, Dr. Bernard Lafayette. As part of the CLA Diversity Initiative\, faculty\, undergraduate...
<div class=\'article_body\'> Facilities Management will hold a document shredding day. Departments must drop off materials to be shredded to be accepted. Participating departments will be billed $3 per box for shredding and a labor fee if pick-up is needed. Submit a work order for pick-up by calling Work Management at...
Receive benefit information available to full-time university employees and update benefits for 2016. Experts will be on hand to answer questions and to provide one-on-one consultations on topics including voluntary retirement\, health insurance\, and wellness opportunities. Vendors include BCBS\, American Behavioral\, Superior Vision\, Johnson & Sterling\, WageWorks\, Standard Insurance\, VALIC\,...
<div class=\'article_body\'> Emerging technologies such as 3D printers and drones are making major breakthroughs in research\, rescue and reporting. However\, these new technologies bring new risks that we need to understand. From safe practices to privacy concerns and what’s on the horizon\, Risk Management and Safety will discuss these issues...
Auburn University Risk Management and Safety will host a creek clean-up event along the banks of the campus’ Parkerson Mill Creek. Students\, faculty\, staff and those associated with the university community are invited to participate in the event. Participants are responsible for bringing appropriate footwear\, such as rubber boots or...
Auburn University’s 12th annual Boshell Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research Day is set for Friday\, Feb. 15\, at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.The event brings together experts from around the United States to present current topics related to diabetes and the role of obesity in its...
Join Dr. Heather Hackman for a compelling and lively talk addressing equity and social justice on college campuses. Dr. Hackman has been teaching and training on social justice issues since 1992 and was a professor in the Department of Human Relations and Multicultural Education at St. Cloud State University in...
<div class=\'article_body\'> Join higher education leaders\, corporate professionals and representatives from the public and nonprofit sectors for a two-day conference focusing on diversity and inclusion. The conference will provide a platform for attendees to explore effective diversity and inclusion strategies\, foster learning and stimulate innovation. Building off the conference’s prior...
Auburn University Libraries’ next Discover Auburn Lecture Series will host Mark Thornton’s book talk on “The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economics Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century.” “The Skyscraper Curse” is Thornton’s definitive work on booms and busts, and it explains why only Austrian economists really...
The nine individuals who sit as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have the ability to radically change society with a single decision. In consequence, it has attracted intense scrutiny and full-throated criticism. Linda Greenhouse has done a great deal to make the Supreme Court and its operations intelligible to...
The College of Education’s Critical Studies Working Group will host Susana Muñoz, associate professor and program coordinator of Higher Education Leadership at Colorado State University. Muñoz’s research focuses on the experiences of undocumented and DACA students in education. In this talk, Susana Muñoz will discuss findings from her book Identity,...
Red Clay Brewing Company, Oct. 24 from 6 - 8 p.m. Join Dr. Sarah Zohdy for 'A Tale of Two Lemurs: Stories of the Fascinating Ecology & Evolution of the World's Most Endangered Mammals.' The island of Madagascar is home to some of the strangest animals on the planet. Perhaps...
