AUBURN - Through a grant from Verizon, researchers in Auburn's College of Engineering are teaming up with the School of Nursing to bolster Kid Check, a program that provides health screenings to children in Alabama's rural communities.

Representatives from the Verizon Foundation will present a check for $23,000 to the deans of Auburn University's College of Engineering and School of Nursing on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 9:30 a.m. at Loachapoka High School. Students and faculty from both colleges, as well as from former Sen. Gerald Dial's office of the Alabama Rural Action Commission, will be on hand for the event.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University College of Liberal Arts and Department of Music will present the ninth annual Sounds of Auburn concert Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

Approximately 550 students will perform in ensembles that will include the Auburn University Singers, Marching Band, Gospel Choir, Steel Drum Band, Chamber Choir, Jazz Band and the Symphonic Band.

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AUBURN - Auburn University's 30th Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon at Ag Heritage Park. Festivities precede the Auburn vs. Furman homecoming game.

Ag Roundup began as a reunion for alumni and friends of Auburn's College of Agriculture and an opportunity to spotlight the bounty of delicious foods Alabama farmers produce and to increase awareness of agriculture's significant impact on the state's economy.

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AUBURN - Auburn University's Donald E. Davis Arboretum will host a class about choosing plants that are good for our native landscape and avoiding ones that threaten it. The hour-long program, "What's So Great About Native Plants," will be offered Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m. at the Davis Arboretum Pavilion.

A representative from the Alabama Invasive Plant Council will present information on which plants pose the most severe threat to our native landscape and how to identify them. The arboretum staff will discuss the best native plants to grow in this area, as well as the connection between the wild creatures we enjoy, their food and their habitat.

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AUBURN - A giant banner displayed on The Hotel at Auburn University is piquing the city's interest by asking one basic question: What is Piccolo?

Located inside The Hotel's restaurant, Ariccia Trattoria and Bar, Piccolo is Auburn's newest gathering place. Hans Van Der Reijden, managing director of The Hotel at Auburn University, said the typical hotel lounge of earlier days has been transformed into an intimate jazz spot.

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AUBURN - Auburn University has launched MATRIX for the Future: Premier Agriscience Education Academy in response to a growing shortage of secondary and postsecondary agricultural educators and declining enrollment numbers in agriculture at Auburn and at land-grant colleges nationwide.

The two-year project, funded by a $100,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, was developed by Don Mulvaney, an Auburn University College of Agriculture professor, animal scientist and leadership coordinator for the College of Agriculture; and Brian Parr, an assistant professor in the College of Education and agriscience education specialist. Out of a shared concern for the future of agriculture in the United States, Mulvaney and Parr launched the program to prepare outstanding high school students enrolled in agricultural classes and involved in agricultural organizations to be the next generation of leaders in agricultural production, education, science and agribusiness.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University Department of Music and the Auburn University Bands will present the Auburn University Symphonic Band in concert on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Opelika Performing Arts Center at Opelika High School.

The Symphonic Band will feature two faculty soloists, Ann Knipschild on oboe and William Shaffer on horn, both members of the Auburn University Department of Music faculty.

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AUBURN - Auburn University will host the Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.

All gubernatorial candidates who declared candidacy prior to Sept. 25 were invited to participate in the forum. Participating candidates are Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Artur Davis, Kay Ivey, Tim James, Bill Johnson and Ron Sparks. The moderator for the event is Jeremy Campbell of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham.

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AUBURN - Auburn University's Center for Governmental Services has unveiled its analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data showing that during the current recession Alabama's tax revenues have declined slightly less than the 14.2 percent average falloff for the nine Southeastern states.

The most recent data show that Alabama's total tax revenues in the second quarter of 2009, collected from all sources, declined by 13 percent versus the same quarter in 2008. Alabama's falloff was greater than that of Arkansas at minus 5 percent; Mississippi at minus 9 percent; Tennessee at minus 11 percent; and Florida at minus 12 percent. Alabama's decline in tax revenue was exceeded by those of Georgia at minus 17 percent; Louisiana at minus 18 percent; South Carolina at minus 21 percent; and North Carolina at minus 22 percent.

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AUBURN – A crowd of cheering onlookers packed Auburn University's Student Activities Center recently to see the 2009 War Eagle BEST Robotics competition. Twenty-four Alabama middle and high school teams showed how they had met this year's challenge to design a robot to help with today's energy crisis.

Six weeks prior to the competition in Auburn, the teams received their kits of standardized parts and were given the details of this year's game, “High Octane,” a challenge to design robots to collect and employ common molecules, CO2 and H2O, and essential resources to complete a series of chemical reactions to maximize production of the alternative fuels.

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