Auburn Speaks: Making Auburn Research Available

The inaugural edition of Auburn Speaks, an annual publication showcasing Auburn University research and creative scholarship, is now available for purchase. 

A year in the making, Auburn Speaks: The Oil Spill of 2010 focuses on research across campus that related to the catastrophic explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in spring 2010. The explosion set off a chain of events that led to the largest environmental and economic disaster in the history of the region.  The impacts of that disaster are still felt and are not yet fully understood.

Auburn Speaks captures the work of faculty across campus who address issues ranging from the environment to health to economics. The stories in Auburn Speaks make their research accessible and interesting for all readers.

Beautifully illustrated, Auburn Speaks is full of compelling, fascinating stories of what goes on behind the scenes in labs, at computers, on boats and between the pages as university faculty and students seek understanding and answers. For instance, the impact of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on communities that dot the Alabama Gulf Coast, including Orange Beach and Bayou La Batre, was environmental, as well as social, economic and physical. Judith Sheppard, faculty member in Journalism, interviews the people who experienced the disaster first hand, while Ken Halanych, Chris Anderson, Prabhakar Clement and Joel Hayworth are among the many contributors who give us the science behind oil drilling, the spill and clean-up.

Produced by the Office of the Vice President for Research with assistance from the Office of University Writing, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and the Office of Communications and Marketing, Auburn Speaks, according for VP for Research Dr. John Mason, intends to “make Auburn Research more accessible to a broad audience.

Auburn Speaks is available through its website, http://auburn.edu/auburnspeaks, and at the Auburn University bookstore.

Public programs, including lectures and presentations, on Auburn Speaks: The Oil Spill of 2010, will be available to libraries, schools and communities. For more information on the publication or opportunities to bring speakers to your town, go to http://auburn.edu/auburnspeaks or call 334-844-4946.