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Lishak, Halanych honored

    As part of the university’s sesquicentennial celebration, Auburn honored, along with others, two Biological Sciences faculty members at the Faculty Awards for Excellence in Instruction, Research, and Outreach ceremony on September 7.

    The two Biological Sciences faculty recognized for their achievements were Dr. Robert Lishak, Associate Professor and Dr. Ken Halanych, Associate Professor.

    Dr. Lishak is one of two recipients of this year’s Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching is a prestigious honor which recognizes those faculty members who have demonstrated effective and innovative teaching methods and a continuing commitment to student success through advising and mentoring inside and outside the classroom.

   Dr. Kenneth Halanych was named as one of Auburn University’s Alumni Professors for 2006.  The professorships are sponsored by the Auburn Alumni Association and are presented on the basis of research, publishing and teaching.

Fielman joins Biology Faculty 

Dr. Kevin Fielman has joined the Department of Biological Sciences in the Fall, 2006 semester as an Assistant Professor of Physiological Genomics. Dr. Fielman has a PhD from the University of South Carolina and joins us after being a PISCO/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Roberts elected new UPO

     Dr. Sharon Roberts, Associate Professor, was elected new Undergraduate Program Officer (UPO) for Biological Sciences on September 8.  The UPO coordinates undergraduate curricula and other teaching matters and, along with the Graduate Program Officer, assigns graduate teaching assistants. Dr. Robert Locy, Full Professor, steps down from being UPO for the last three years.

COSAM Professors' Finch Research Featured on ABC News

Auburn Scientists Publish Evidence of Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers in Florida