The Jule

Interior design and business students find an unexpected partner in The Jule Museum when applying classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios as part of their Auburn academic experience.

July 24, 2024

PNPS alumnae

Gabby Thabes and Reagan Myers talk about how a degree in philanthropy and nonprofit studies has allowed them to focus on solving critical problems and help people and organizations.

July 24, 2024

Rowdy Gaines poses with Olympic gold medal.

Forty years ago, Rowdy Gaines ’81 won three gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

July 24, 2024

Two young people work on a drone while a video crew records their actions

Attendees at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress in Sweden this summer learned how Auburn faculty are attacking the problem of brown spot needle blight, a disease running rampant in the southeast U.S.

July 23, 2024

SURE program poster presentations

Auburn’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience provided students with a glimpse of graduate school life through a 10-week program hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

July 23, 2024

Panagiotis Mistriotis

Panagiotis Mistriotis is using engineering knowledge to improve the properties of adult stem cells for cellular therapies and tissue regeneration.

July 22, 2024

An Auburn professor is pictured outdoors.

A team of Auburn researchers is developing innovative, cost-effective and portable opioid biosensors.

July 19, 2024

Emily Brutko

Professional flight senior Emily Brutko is an accomplished student aviator and rising star in flight instruction.

July 19, 2024

An Auburn assistant professor stands next to rover robot

An AI-powered robot will be able to inventory thousands of plants while also collecting data on plant growth, pests and diseases.

July 18, 2024

In the inaugural SEC Startup Student-Athlete Pitch Competition, it was impressive that two of the five finalists were entrepreneurial teams from Auburn University’s New Venture Accelerator. It is even more notable that one of them won.

July 16, 2024

Two young women use a hammer and nails to build a structure out of wood

Auburn is changing lives by designing houses that can mitigate rain, wind and flood damage in Alabama and beyond.

July 16, 2024

Stuart Simms

A history doctoral candidate in the College of Liberal Arts is studying what happens on Earth while we explore space.

July 15, 2024

A young woman reads to a group of children in a classroom

The Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program offers College of Education students valuable classroom teaching experience when school is out for the summer.

July 15, 2024

A man stands in a forested area surrounded by fire

Drawing from his life’s passion and admiration of the longleaf ecosystem, CFWE alumnus John McGuire recently published a book titled “The Forest that Fire Made.”

July 12, 2024

An Auburn researcher is pictured working with apparel design.

Two College of Human Sciences researchers are positively impacting lives through user-centered apparel and interior design.

July 12, 2024

USA Team Handball image showing a wheelchair and ball

A trio from Auburn University has been selected to lead the inaugural USA Team Handball Wheelchair National Team.

July 11, 2024

Alpha Sennon in a field surrounded by palms

A native of Trinidad & Tobago, doctoral student Alpha Sennon is the founder of an NGO called WHY FARM and a minor celebrity in the agricultural education world.

July 10, 2024

students sitting at a table

The Summer Engineering Enrichment camp gives incoming freshmen a taste of life on the Plains through a three-week on-campus experience.

July 09, 2024

Dylan Cardwell with Chef Ana Plana

Auburn's Dylan Cardwell delivers a slam-dunk in the culinary laboratories of the Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management as he brings his Chillin’ with Dylan Instagram feature to the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center.

July 09, 2024

Landscape worker pruning a flower on a college campus

Across the SEC and the country, Auburn graduates are overseeing some of the biggest and most scenic college campuses.

July 09, 2024

a young man sits at a table with two women

Engineering's Young Alumni Council is devoted to keeping graduates engaged with Auburn.

July 09, 2024

Kate Lakis

Before Kate Lakis '24 left Auburn, she wanted to add one more opportunity for pre-law students to develop their legal expertise.

July 09, 2024

Margaret Renkl

Author and New York Times writer Margaret Renkl looks for answers to societal ills in the harmony between humans and nature.

July 08, 2024

Jayson Hill stands in front of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library sign

Jayson Hill, who serves as director of communications and marketing for Auburn Libraries, had a varied and interesting background before going to work on the Plains 13 years ago. He will retire in February 2025.

July 08, 2024

Victoria Ashley reading a book in a chair in the Honors College lounge

Victoria Ashley, an Honors College rising senior studying political science, was awarded Hertog Foundation Political Studies Fellow thanks partly to her profound commitment to political studies and a drive to impact public policy.

July 08, 2024

Steve Li is pictured outside using a drone device.

How does a scientist become a drone enthusiast?

July 08, 2024

Judge W. Keith Watkins at the bench

W. Keith Watkins '73 balances the scales of justice in the Middle District Court of Alabama every day in hope of a better world. The foundation upon which he built that decades-long career serving society from the bench started at Auburn University.

July 01, 2024

Sean Forbes is a professor of educational psychology in Auburn’s College of Education and the executive director of O Grows

From the beginning, O Grows in Opelika, Alabama, has focused on community, partnership and philanthropy — people helping people.

June 28, 2024

A researcher is pictured on a beach.

An Auburn faculty member is pioneering natural infrastructure for coastal resilience.

June 28, 2024

Two men work on a small robotic helicopter

Matthew Kirchner will create height-velocity diagrams for various helicopter models — guides for pilots to handle emergency landings and investigate reliable engine failure detection techniques.

June 27, 2024

Concepts of Chemical Engineering, a class open to all majors at Auburn, takes students on a fundamental journey of making coffee while providing them with the basics of engineering principles through repeated experiments.

June 26, 2024

Two sprinters crossing finish line

Makanakishe "Maka" Charamba is heading to Paris this summer to compete in the 200-meter sprint at the 2024 Olympics.

June 26, 2024

A new fund at Auburn is designed to bridge the gap between new business formation and initial seed funding.

June 25, 2024

An arial view of buildings shows people in lines to make the number 45

As the college celebrates its 45th anniversary, graduates from the first graduating class in 1981 remember the program’s humble beginnings.

June 25, 2024

War Eagle is Auburn’s battle cry, but it’s also the name of a unique summer tradition through which first-year students begin their journey with the university.

June 24, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress and brown hair poses for a headshot

Brooke Bailey was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 24, 2024

An Auburn researcher is examining the effects of habitat management on wildlife communities.

June 21, 2024

Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll was named as the new vice president of Facilities Management. He will assume his new role on Aug. 19

June 21, 2024

Jean Fantle-Lepczyk (left) and Chris Lepczyk (right) mount a game camera to a tree for wildlife research.

Researchers in Auburn's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment say that human interaction and wildlife presence go hand in hand, especially during a global pandemic. Recent studies at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center reveal the importance of using a citizen science framework to conduct research and outreach.

June 20, 2024

Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts is on the cutting edge of rapidly advancing research surrounding biochar and its uses.

June 20, 2024

Brian Boston

Auburn geophysicist Brian Boston was part of a team of scientists that spent 41 days offshore on a research expedition along a Pacific Northwest zone where two tectonic plates secretly slide past each other under water.

June 18, 2024

A brown-haired woman in an orange blazer poses for headshot against a brown background.

After 27 years at Auburn, the director of Risk Management and Insurance is retiring.

June 18, 2024

An AI network-based approach is being used to help predict colorectal cancer risk.

June 17, 2024

A young man stands at the finish line of a race

Meet Ethan Davis, an Auburn student who ran 26.2 miles at the Normandy Running Festival — and he isn't even a runner.

June 14, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress poses for a photo against a brick wall.

Caroline Whiting was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 14, 2024

Prophet Dauda

Prophet Dauda ’24 was raised on stories. From the fireside in a small village in Malawi to Auburn University, the creative writing graduate proves how one person’s story can inspire, entertain and take you across the world.

June 12, 2024

A woman in a hard hat smiles as she picks up lumber on a construction site

Betsy Garcia is an assistant research professor and Extension specialist at Rural Studio, CADC's off-campus design-build program in Newbern, Alabama, where she studies energy usage in affordable housing.

June 12, 2024

a graphic showing a person mowing a lawn

The state of Alabama is home to warm-season grasses that include zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass and centipedegrass, and they all require the same care to make your yard look good. So, what are the best ways to keep it green this summer?

June 12, 2024

Charles Gavin gazes out a window

Scholarships make an Auburn education possible for many students, and no one knows that better than Charles Gavin. Because it was the catalyst that brought him to Auburn and the force that propelled him through his college career, scholarships are one way Gavin gives back.

June 11, 2024

an eagle on a post

Learn why the pregame flight at Jordan-Hare Stadium led associate professor Vrishank Raghav to study the flight patterns of birds.

June 11, 2024