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Auburn University > COSAM > Podcasting with the Dean
Podcasting with the Dean
Episode 20 - Week of November 9
Dr. Ed Wampold, 2009 Outstanding COSAM Alum
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Episode 19 - Week of November 2
Chemistry/Biochemistry professor talks about NSF career award
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Weblinks
Book Recommendations
"Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA" by Brenda Maddox
"The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids" by Joan D'Amico and Karen E. Drummond
Quote
"You have to believe in yourself - otherwise, nobody will." - Marie Curie
Episode 18 - Week of October 26
Dr. Joe Perez leads the physics department
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Weblinks
Book Recommendations
"Beamtimes and Lifetimes" by Sharon Traweek
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character" by Richard Feynman
Episode 17 - Week of October 19
Drs. Hames and Uddin talk about their geology research and teaching
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Dr. Hames & Dr. Uddin
Click on the pictures below to make them larger.
 
The picture on the left is from "Lost Worlds in Alabama rocks: A Guide" by Jim Lacefield and the picture on the right is from http://www.scotese.com/future2.htm
Web Link
ANIMAL Website - Auburn Noble Isotope Mass Analysis Laboratory
Book Recomendation
Lost Worlds in Alabama rocks: A Guide" by Jim Lacefield
Quotes
From Dr. Hames
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare
From Dr. Uddin
"Doing field mapping is like one equation with two unknowns; structure and stratigraphy." - Clark Burchfiel, MIT
Episode 16 - Week of October 12
Alum Bob Piper wins approval for new anti cancer agent
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Dr. Bob Piper and Mrs. Bobbie Piper
Higlights of Synthesis of PDX
Web Links
Episode 15 - Week of October 5
Dr. Bob Boyd: A biology learning community and beyond
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Web Links
AU Learning Communities - More info on AU Learning Communities can be found here
Book Recomendation
I enjoy fiction of various types. I recently read Bernard Cornwell's "The Saxon Stories," a series set in 9th century England (with the next book coming out soon!). His Sharpe books (a series set in the 1800s in Europe and dealing with Britain's war with France under Napoleon) were also excellent and were made into a great 14 show British TV series that was aired in the U.S. by PBS. The books and DVD's of the show are available on Amazon.com. Bernard Cornwell's website is http://www.bernardcornwell.net/
Quote
"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist" - Mark Twain
Melanotrichus boydi - insect named after Dr. Boyd
Episode 14 - Week of September 28
John Oakberg, COSAM Alum and member of 2005 Nobel Peace Prize team
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Web Links
Video of lecture given at Auburn University - YouTube
Episode 13 - Week of September 21
COSAM 101
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Cosam's Organizational Diagram
Web Link
Files
Episode 12 - Week of September 14
Dr. Geoff Hill and his bird studies
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Web Links
Book Recomendation
"Bird Coloration, Volume I, Mechanisms and Measurements " - Edited by Geoffrey Hill and Kevin J. McGraw
"Bird Coloration, Volume II, Function and Evolution " - Edited by Geoffrey Hill and Kevin J. McGraw
"Ivorybill Hunters: The Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness" - by Geoffrey Hill
Dr. Hill's forthcoming book set to be published in March 2010.
Episode 11 - Week of September 7
Geology and Geography and it's Chair, Dr. Savrda
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Web Links
Book Recomendation
"Annals of a Former World" - by John McPhee
"Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded" - by Simon Winchester
Quote
"No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can only be based on unbiased observation of nature in the raw is mythology. Creative work, in geology and anywhere else, is interaction and synthesis: half-baked ideas from a bar room, rocks in the field, chains of thought from lonely walks, numbers squeezed from rocks in a laboratory, numbers from a caculator riveted to a desk, fancy equipment usually malfunctioning on expensive ships, cheap equipment in the human cranium, arguments before a road cut" - Stephen Jay Gould, An Urchin in the Storm (1988)
"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice." - Will Durant
Episode 10 - Week of August 31
Dr. Worley, prominent AU chemistry faculty member retiring, but not really
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Web Links
Periodic Table Videos - Whoever said chemistry has to be boring? This site, which examines the periodic table of elements, attempts to make it a bit more interesting. It's made up of videos, mostly under 5 minutes in length, put together by the chemistry department of the University of Nottingham, in which they tell something about the history of the elements (all 118 of them), their properties, and how they're used. It's an interesting way of looking at science, even for the non-geeks among us.
Episode 9 - Week of August 24
Kathy Pearson, mathematics alum, returns to campus to speak at the Society for Women in Sciences and Mathematics Conference
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Web Links
Book Recomendation
"Profiting from Uncertainty" by Paul Schoemaker
"The Speed of Trust" by Stephen M. R. Covey
Extras
Powerpoint - From Kathy's presentation during the Society for Women in Sciences and Mathematics Conference at Auburn University
Episode 8 - Week of August 17
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Dr. Larry Wit
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Web Links (click the links to go to the pages)
Podcasts
COSAM Advising Podcast - Available on iTunes U, under Auburn University/College of Science and Mathematics
Book Recomendation
"The Dumbest Generation - How the digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future" by Mark Bauerlein
Episode 7 - Week of August 10
COSAM Research: Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Marie Wooten
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Web Links
www.globalchange.gov - "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences"
Podcasts
Book Recomendation
"The Double Helix", by James D. Watson
"The Art and Politics of Science", by Harold Varmus
"Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries", by Sharon McGrayne
Quote
"Dwell in possibility." - Emily Dickinson
Episode 6 - Week of July 20
The Multitasking of a May 2009 COSAM Graduate
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Web Links
Podcasts
Book Recomendation
"Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbably" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story" by Diane Ackerman
Quote
"Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, bu on the disposition to crave knowledge" - Unknown
Episode 5 - Week of July 13
Davis Arboretum: An Auburn Legacy that Continues to Reward All
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Web Links
Book Recomendation
"Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" by Richard Louv
Quotes
"In our sprawling, developed landscapes, every patch of green has become an increasingly important remnant in an evermore tattered fabric." - Leslie Sauer, The Once and Future Forest
"Experieince (outside the school) has it's geographical aspect, its artistic and its literary, its scientific and its historical sides. All studies arise from aspects of the one earth and the one life lived upon it." - John Dewey, The School and Society
Episode 4 - Week of July 6
Mathematics Chair and Student Success in Mathematics
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Web Links
http://www.maa.org - Mathematical Association of America
http://www.educationaladvancementfoundation.org - The Educational Advancement Foundation. It supports "...inquiry based learning at all educational levels in the United States, particulary in the fields of mathematics and science, and ...the dissemination of the inquiry based learning methodology."
Book Recomendation
"101 Careers in Mathematics" published by the Mathematical Association of America
Podcast
"Is all about math"
Quote
"The Human mind is like an umbrella, it functions best when opened." - Walter Gropius
Episode 3 - Week of June 29
COSAM begins: Founding, Acting Dean, Bob Kribel
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Web Links
Book Recomendation
"Ghostwalk" by Rebecca Stott
Podcast
NPR Science Friday
Quote Highlighted at the Conference
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries,
is not 'Eureka', but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov
Episode 2 - Week of June 22
BEST National Conference
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Web Links
www.bestinc.org - you can find the National Conference website here also
Also visit these sites for info on the programs we host here at Auburn
Recommended Reading
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
This report was developed under the aegis of the National Academies Committee on Science, Egineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), a joint committee of the three honorific academies - the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Its overall charge is to address cross-cutting issues in science and technology policy that affect the health of the national research enterprise. More infomation, including the full body of the report, is available at COSEPUP's web site: www.nationalacademies.org/cosepup
Book Recomendation
"The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas L. Friedman
Quote Highlighted at the Conference
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." - Pericles
Episode 1 - Week of June 15
College Review for 2008 - 2009
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Web Links
- Click on "More News" for access to the electronic newsletter "Covalence" and electronic copies of "Journey" and "Pathways"
Podcast
COSAM Event of the Week
BEST National Conference June 18 - 20
Book Recommendation
"The Origin of the Species: 150th Anniversary Edition" by Charles Darwin
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