COSAM Today - March 31, 2020

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
	...	Message from Dean Giordano – March 31, 2020 Dean Giordano provides an update in his latest message.
	...	Message from Robert S. Boyd Robert S. Boyd shares insight about student instruction during this time of transition.
	...	COSAM Helps EAMC with Essential Equipment and Supplies “I am glad we could step-up and help our local hospital,” explained Mike Brackin, manager of building planning and systems for COSAM.
	...	Auburn Biological Sciences Professor Explains Complexities of SARS COVID-2 Virus, which Causes COVID-19 Disease Joanna Sztuba-Solinska, assistant professor of biological sciences in Auburn University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics, offers the below information about the complexities of SARS CoV-2 and the disease it causes, COVID-19. She discusses what makes the virus different—including its capability to proofread its mistakes—and why there are unknowns about a potential vaccine and how COVID-19 infections might fare as temperatures warm in the U.S.
	...	Spring has Sprung in the Arboretum! In this month's podcast, hear about what is in bloom at the Davis Arboretum, upcoming Auburn Azalea names such as Hey Day, and if you are looking to find something good during this stressful time -- the Arboretum is a respite in nature.
	...	COSAM Undergraduate Research to be published in Biological Journal “I know this is going to teach me to code and think about problems in a way that I haven’t before,” Holden explained. “I think mental flexibility is what this is going to give me.”
	...	Auburn Alumnus Cherishes the Auburn Family “I always loved mathematics and most of my heroes as a child were teachers. Once I recognized I can do and teach mathematics for a living, I knew what the rest of my life would be like,” El-Zanati said.
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