Japanese maple nursery

The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment has received a matching gift from the You Might Be For Auburn Foundation to support a restoration project underway at Crooked Oaks, the former homestead of Auburn’s beloved football coach, Pat Dye.

July 09, 2025

Mechanical engineering doctoral student Ehsan Vaghefi landed a highly selective internship with a Silicon Valley startup that has been designing and developing what they call "the world's first real flying car."

July 08, 2025

power grid

What happens to power systems during extreme heat? Are blackouts inevitable as climate change intensifies? What can help? Professor Eduard Muljadi answers these questions and more.

July 08, 2025

a man in a chef

As the head of Auburn's culinary science program, Mark Traynor ensures all students learn the entire lifecycle of food, from growing and preparing to serving, sharing and composting.

July 08, 2025

An AI image of a group of people sitting around a table in a futuristic setting

Auburn University's TIGER Tech Leaders is an innovative idea-sharing group that works to provide best practices and promote success with the use of AI-related tools like Microsoft Copilot.

July 08, 2025

A man stands in a cotton field

A postdoctoral fellow in the College of Agriculture is mapping the presence of pathogens causing cotton seedling diseases across the Southeast — something that’s never been done before.

July 07, 2025

A young woman in a pink sweater gives a tour to visitors in front of art at the museum

With expanded employment opportunities and events, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is ready to welcome students back to campus in August.

July 07, 2025

The Rome Summer Archival Seminar group posing for a photo in front of the Vatican

Johnathon Keller, a doctoral student in the Department of History, reflects on his month in Rome, Italy, researching abroad at the Vatican and Rome’s national libraries.

July 07, 2025

Karol Renfroe demonstrates nursing techniques with a pregnant manikin in the College of Nursing

Karol Renfroe knows a thing or two about students. After spending decades as a nurse and educator, she cites investing in Auburn students as the most meaningful part of her career.

July 07, 2025

A dog in a vest that says

The mission of Auburn’s Canine Performance Sciences, housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is to improve dog detection technology by studying how dogs smell, behave and perform physically.

July 02, 2025

Beth and the podcast hosts sit in chairs with microphones in front of them

Beth Thorne Stukes, Alabama’s Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year, has a deep belief in the power of education to transform lives.

July 02, 2025

Megan Fitzgerald working in a lab with a student

Doctoral student Megan Fitzgerald has enjoyed a full-circle experience at Auburn, serving as a counselor for the Summer Science Institute years after attending as a camper.

July 01, 2025

George Flowers, the longtime dean of the Graduate School, will serve as the new chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective Oct. 1.

June 30, 2025

at Toomer

Eli Manning, host of "Eli's Places," and special guests will be at Toomer's Corner on July 8 to film an episode of the ESPN+ series, focusing on our beloved tradition of rolling the trees. The Auburn Family is encouraged to attend and help set a world record.

June 30, 2025

The Ford family stands in a farm field

Auburn's Hunger Solutions Institute, which administers Double Up Food Bucks for the state of Alabama, has teamed up with Ford Family Farms of Selma, Alabama.

June 30, 2025

A class of high school students gather around for a group photo with Walker the mannequin

The Harrison College of Pharmacy has two unconventional ambassadors to help with recruiting and outreach efforts — mannequins named Walker and Harry.

June 27, 2025

Jennifer Wood Adams

Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts announced today he has promoted Jennifer Wood Adams to the role of vice president for public affairs, communication and marketing.

June 25, 2025

wheat field

Auburn's BISR system has been proposed to aid in early detection of biological threats to the nation's agriculture, environment and food systems.

June 25, 2025

Auburn students in Seville, Spain

Auburn students get to enjoy one-of-a-kind learning experiences thanks to study abroad trips to exotic locales around the globe.

June 25, 2025

EWB

Auburn’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter recently installed more than 6,000 feet of pipe — infrastructure capable of delivering clean, running water to more than 1,000 villagers living in remote, Guatemalan mountain terrain.

June 24, 2025

produce in a grocery store

Double Up Food Bucks Alabama, which makes fresh, local produce more affordable and accessible at select groceries and farmers markets across the state, is administered by the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn. It doubles Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants’ purchasing power for fresh fruits and vegetables.

June 24, 2025

Architectural model on display at SHOWCASE 2025.

Twenty-five projects — from prints made from brewer’s yeast to an Alexander Calder-inspired kinetic orchid mobile — are on display at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, representing the College of Architecture, Design and Construction faculty’s contribution to SHOWCASE 2025.

June 23, 2025

An AI image of a college professor teaching a class about AI

Numerous Auburn University faculty members have implemented artificial intelligence (AI) into their classrooms in unique and innovative ways.

June 23, 2025

pink tulips and yellow flowers in front of a campus building and blue sky

Find out how the unsung heroes of campus, the Auburn Facilities’ Landscape Services crew, keeps our flower beds, sidewalks, trees and bushes beautiful year-round.

June 21, 2025

zero gravity

Engineering's Masoud Mahjouri-Samani successfully tested a compact nanoparticle 3D printer aboard a series of NASA-sponsored parabolic flights simulating zero gravity.

June 20, 2025

A young woman stares in amazement at a massive tank of water holding large sea creatures

The College of Veterinary Medicine's Summer VIP program immerses prospective veterinary students in experiential learning to discover career possibilities and navigate the vet school application process.

June 20, 2025

Interior design students work on a virtual reality project.

Students in the College of Human Sciences' Interior Design program got a multitude of experiences packed into the spring semester thanks to a unique community outreach project and a partnership with a local homebuilder to expand the use of cutting-edge virtual reality technology.

June 18, 2025

Georgios Arsenious leads discussion about urban forestry

Funded by the U.S. Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program, Green Up Alabama is a new collaboration between Auburn and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System that will engage local partners to improve the long-term success of urban greening initiatives.

June 18, 2025

Zack Melton

Recent journalism graduate Zack Melton balanced his studies with 24-hour shifts at the City of Auburn Fire Department through the Auburn Student Firefighter Program.

June 18, 2025

three people on podcast set

Everything Auburn Podcast interviews College of Education's Christine Drew about her new book Spectrum of Independence and how it's helping to prepare children with intellectual disabilities for the transition to college life.

June 18, 2025

hris Raj, Katherine Clemmons and Ayden Kemp design their awards at the 2025 RASCAL competition

A team of aerospace engineering students, who continued working on their project after graduating in May, took top honors in NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage Competition Forum, where undergraduate and graduate teams competed to develop new concepts for operating on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

June 18, 2025

The Camp War Eagle head orientation counselors smile for a photo on the steps of Samford Hall with the CWE counselors behind them

Meet some of the head orientation counselors who are welcoming new students to campus at Camp War Eagle this summer.

June 18, 2025

Mechanical engineering sophomore Eliana Floyd, who has been into cars for as long as she can remember, just standing in pit lane would have made the hours of work worth it. But to actually win a race — a national championship — at Talladega? That was more electric than the car itself.

June 17, 2025

Philip stands in front of a large glass building with his arms crossed

Phillip Dunlap, an alumnus and instructor at Auburn's Government and Economic Development Institute, has had a huge hand in making the city of Auburn into what it is today.

June 17, 2025

satellite floating above the Earth

The new option, from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and College of Sciences and Mathematics, is another step toward solidifying Auburn as a leader in training space industry professionals.

June 16, 2025

Amatallah and Mikailie pose for a photo during a party with balloons in the background

The Public and One Health program's first two graduates are prepared to make a difference in a wide range of fields, including environmental health, epidemiology and health promotion and policy.

June 16, 2025

forages

From the Coastal Plain to the Black Belt, Alabama cattle producers are utilizing forage systems to their advantage to meet the challenges of modern agriculture.

June 13, 2025

headshot of eirik mulder with a dark background. Eirik is in a blue suit and tie with glasses on

Junior Eirik Mulder earned the award which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who show exceptional academic performance, ingenuity and potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields.

June 12, 2025

A woman smiling during a therapy session

The way we talk about opioid use disorder, according to recent research by Assistant Professor of Communication Victoria Ledford, could significantly affect the policies designed to address it.

June 12, 2025

A counselor leads a group of incoming students along a campus sidewalk

Meet some of the head orientation counselors who are welcoming new students to campus at Camp War Eagle this summer.

June 11, 2025

Wendi, Carter and Dalton sit in comfy chairs with microphone stands to record a podcast

Wendi Weimar applies her theater training to keep students engaged and learning when teaching biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology.

June 10, 2025

A young man holds an IV pole with lights on top

Partnering with KYRA Medical, students and faculty from industrial design and engineering collaborated on a device that eliminates the rush to change IV bags during arthroscopic surgeries.

June 09, 2025

artists rendering of new building

The Auburn Board of Trustees accepted plans to demolish Spidle Hall, construct an air traffic control tower at the airport and build a sidewalk along Wire Road.

June 09, 2025

Retired veterinarian Nancy East ’97 found her purpose by finding others.

June 06, 2025

A close up of a person drawing boxes and lines

Over the past year, more than 800 First Year Engineering Seminar students learned sketchnoting, a highly effective style of note taking that combines traditional text with symbols and illustrations.

June 06, 2025

Susan Melton

Susan Melton ’76 has translated her Auburn education everywhere from the streets of Madrid to the Olympic podium.

June 05, 2025

An artist conceptual rendering of the new facility for the College of Human Sciences

The College of Human Sciences newly planned state-of-the-art building to be known as the Barbara Drummond Thorne Academic and Research Facility will be constructed along the same footprint as Spidle Hall and spanning all the way to Roosevelt Drive.

June 05, 2025

Auburn Aviation's Jill Glidewell is a former U.S. Air Force and Delta Air Lines pilot who is educating the next generation of aviators.

June 04, 2025

two incoming students walk down a concourse with luggage, under a Welcome to Camp War Eagle banner

Our orientation program for first-year students has come a long way from its beginnings at a 4-H camp more than 30 years ago.

June 04, 2025

Cooper poses for a photo in the woods

After years spent playing and leading camps at the Kreher Preserve, Cooper Anderson is the facility’s animal caretaker.

June 04, 2025