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Harold D. Melton was humbled and thankful during his remarks at the official dedication ceremony for the Harold D. Melton Student Center on the Auburn University campus on Friday afternoon.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the overall importance of health and well-being. The faculty and students at the Auburn University Speech and Hearing Clinic want to remind everyone that, despite the challenges of the pandemic, communication is paramount and speech and hearing are crucial components to a person’s overall quality of life. The Auburn Speech and Hearing Clinic, or AUSHC, was established in 1947 and is located on the first floor of Haley Center. The AUSHC reopened in May with new procedures in place to ensure client and clinician safety.

The Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors has approved the creation of the Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship to support Auburn University’s goal of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion among its student body, which is key to its educational mission. The scholarship will provide support to undergraduate students whose financial need makes attendance at Auburn cost prohibitive.

Auburn University recognized a group of outstanding faculty members and their contributions to the institution’s instruction, research and outreach mission at the university’s annual Faculty Awards on Wednesday at the Gogue Performing Arts Center.

An Auburn University research team has made the first discovery of metal nanoparticles occurring naturally in an animal body, specifically zinc nanoparticles in nose cells, which has implications in possibly restoring or enhancing an animal’s or person’s sense of smell.