The work of the Alabama Drought Reach program, a statewide collaboration led by Auburn, helps ensure more accurate and timely drought monitoring, which supports better decision-making for water use, agriculture and emergency planning across Alabama.

June 04, 2025

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art partners with the Mt. Willing Quilters of the Lowndes County Community Life Center on a series of exhibitions and public art programs across the state of Alabama.

June 03, 2025

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Auburn expert Dave Han tells you when to water, mow and fertilize your lawn this summer.

June 03, 2025

Chemical Engineering's Symone Alexander has found a way to create a clean alternative to synthetic fiber using pecan shells.

June 03, 2025

students in a dance summer camp

High school students can sample campus life through summer camps. The experience often solidifies students' decisions to attend Auburn and select a major.

June 02, 2025

discrete structures

In Professor Daniel Tauritz’s sections of COMP 2240: Discrete Structures, computer science students don’t just solve math problems — they experience them.

June 02, 2025

A graphic of a space-age AI collage

Auburn faculty members and researchers are embracing artificial intelligence in the classroom and the laboratory, spearheading innovative methods in teaching and research.

May 29, 2025

Kyle Wasserberger is pictured crossing his arms and posing for a photo inside Boston

Auburn College of Education alumnus Kyle Wasserberger is living a pitch-perfect dream, having recently joined Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox organization as lead biomechanist working out of the famous Fenway Park.

May 27, 2025

Ford Dyke is pictured inside a gym coaching a team.

College of Education faculty member Ford Dyke's journey has paved the way for a successful career as a teacher, mentor, coach and speaker. As he promotes mindfulness and wellness, he’s transforming the lives of those around him.

May 27, 2025

students whitewater rafting

Students look to Auburn Outdoors as a means to be active outdoors, whether it's by renting a bicycle or kayak or taking a trip to go whitewater rafting or zipling. Such activities are good for their physical health, but also promote mental health, whether students realize it or not.

May 22, 2025

XO Armor, a company pioneering on-site 3D printing for custom-fitting protective orthotics for professional and college level sports teams, is expanding into the defense sector, where it hopes to leverage its innovative technology to address critical military needs.

May 21, 2025

Kyle Castellano, who logged a 4.0 GPA throughout his four years on campus, is the first — and only — Auburn student to win both the university's Master’s Thesis Award and Distinguished Dissertation Award.

May 20, 2025

Two people sit on a bench in the woods

In the course “Nature, recreation and health," students put down their phones and get outside to learn how access to nature makes a society healthier.

May 20, 2025

Maddie Marsh standing next to an LA28 sign

Human Sciences alumna Maddie Marsh has secured a job working on the hospitality team for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games.

May 20, 2025

Shiwen Mao

Shiwen Mao explains how advancing technologies, including 6G, are transforming how people communicate and access information.

May 19, 2025

Haibo Zou holding up two rocks in his geology lab.

COSAM's Haibo Zou recently was named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work in mathematics and geology.

May 19, 2025

Aubie poses with Frethaus guitars at the 2025 Kaleidoscope Show

The School of Industrial and Graphic Design welcomed more than 850 students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry partners to campus for the second annual "Kaleidoscope: Auburn Design Show."

May 16, 2025

leafy greens grow in a container farm

The College of Agriculture and Campus Dining now have six container farms in operation year-round in their vertical farming operation, which can yield 25 times more than field production.

May 15, 2025

Kelsey Sullivan peers around a banner in the window of the Opelika Main Street office.

Kelsey Sullivan originally studied health administration at Auburn, but one class set her on course for a career in public service. Her latest stop is neighboring Opelika, Alabama, where she serves as executive director of Opelika Main Street.

May 13, 2025

Students walking on campus

Auburn students will have a busy summer, both on the Plains and elsewhere, as they embark on study abroad trips, work on campus and keep themselves occupied in a multitude of ways.

May 13, 2025

Woman standing on football field

Jenny Hunt's Auburn experience changed her life, which is why she and her husband Joe give financially to Auburn and the Harbert College of Business — to change the lives of current and future generations of students.

May 12, 2025

Myoung-Gi Chon

Associate Professor of Communication Myoung-Gi Chon’s research, recently featured in a congressional briefing series on U.S.-Korea relations, explains how popularity fuels international politics.

May 12, 2025

a close up of bees

Auburn's Bee Center is leading the charge to address the health crisis of honey bees and native bees, which poses a significant threat to agriculture and ecosystems worldwide.

May 07, 2025

Molly Welch at a speaking event at Forsyth Central High School

Journalism alumna Molly Welch ’11 uses her networking skills to transform a tragic accident into an impactful organization that spreads awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.

May 06, 2025

Colin holds a microphone and smiles for the camera

At 19 years old, journalism student Colin Scroggins is already a seasoned news reporter with years of experience and 135,000 followers on Facebook.

May 06, 2025

Three people look at a notebook in the woods

Forest health Professor Lori Eckhardt is partnering with the City of Mobile and Alabama Port Authority to build sentinel gardens, which serve as early detection systems for invasive pests and diseases, at the port.

May 05, 2025

a woman hands a young lady an award

After growing up in a military family, senior Melissa Garnes now conducts and shares relevant research through Military REACH under the mentorship of Professor Mallory Lucier-Greer.

May 02, 2025

three students sit in the cockpit of a plane

Aerospace engineering students understand the physics and mathematics of flight, but few have had the chance to sit in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 and control an aircraft — until a recent visit to the Delta Aircrew Training Center in Atlanta.

May 02, 2025

irrigation over corn field

Alabama farmers considering investing in irrigation equipment will soon have a free, comprehensive online tool — built by researchers in the College of Agriculture — to help them decide.

May 01, 2025

A stock image of an insulin shot and sugar

Kevin Huggins is examining the use of glucagon-like peptide-1, better known as GLP-1, medications that have become immensely popular in the U.S.

April 30, 2025

A group photo of those in the College of Education faculty band is depicted inside a music education lab.

Auburn’s College of Education rocks—literally. Students in the college’s School and Community General Music Education course recently teamed up with faculty and graduate teaching assistants to form several rock and pop bands.

April 30, 2025

Abby Lin wearing a hockey jersey and graduation cap and gown, holding a hockey stick with Samford Hall in the background

When Abby Lin wasn't hitting the books at Auburn, she was starting the women's ice hockey club team. Now that she's retired — her jersey is in the rafters — and graduating, she's ready for another challenge: medical school.

April 25, 2025

Abbey, Jamie and Avery Heath in caps and gowns.

Jamie, Avery and Abbey Heath are all participating in Auburn's spring commencement ceremonies. Jamie, the father, will complete his executive MBA, while son, Avery, and daughter, Abbey, will receive their undergraduate degrees.

April 25, 2025

Overtoun Jenda talks to a young student

With an academic career spanning nearly 50 years, almost 40 at Auburn, Overtoun Jenda has left a mark on the field of mathematics and thousands of students that's impossible to calculate.

April 25, 2025

Melody and Sarah hug each other while wearing graduation caps and gowns

Mother and daughter Melody and Sarah Pelham are graduating from Auburn on the same day — a day that happens to fall on Mother’s Day weekend.

April 24, 2025

Vince Wolfram in cap and gown in front of the Auburn Creed steps.

Rising sports media talent Vince Wolfram is using an invaluable courtside experience to spark a promising career.

April 24, 2025

Hailey Tschetter jumping in a cap and gown in front of Samford Hall.

Armed with knowledge, experience and undeniable Auburn spirit, Hailey Tschetter is channeling lessons she learned at Auburn into her future medical career, determined to make a meaningful difference.

April 24, 2025

Marissa uses sign language to communicate with a woman who has her dog on a leash

Marissa Pellis is introducing American Sign Language to her fellow CVM students so they can provide better care to Deaf clients and their pets.

April 24, 2025

An Airbnb property designed to look like a camera.

Matthew FitzPatrick, a 2021 alumnus, has used his passions for business, customer service and real estate to create The Lens Lodge.

April 23, 2025

a doctoral student stands behind some lab-created wetland models

Biosystems engineering's David Blersch is leading two research projects in the Green Infrastructure Lab to address using natural systems to remove pollutants from wastewater.

April 22, 2025

Mike stands at the top of the stairs, which are filled with over 250 baseball caps

After he retires this summer, outgoing Office of Sustainability Director Mike Kensler will pursue his hobby of visiting minor league baseball parks — and buying a hat at every single one.

April 22, 2025

A young man uses a drill on stacked wood

With the addition of a CLT press, the interdisciplinary faculty of the Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative can manufacture and test mass timber products without leaving campus.

April 21, 2025

Headshots of Maury D. Gaston ’82, Megan Crouch ’97 and Anna Buckner ’95

Maury D. Gaston, Megan Crouch and Anna Buckner credit their Greek organizations for molding them into better spouses, parents, citizens and leaders. And as they’ve climbed to national Greek leadership roles, they hope to pass on their experience to a new generation of young men and women.

April 21, 2025

Ben Timm checks on Larry Green before sitting him with a brace.

Seven students — six in engineering and one in exercise science — helped an Auburn Family member by developing a custom brace to combat dropped head syndrome.

April 17, 2025

Six female pilots posing with an Auburn Cessna.

Auburn University's School of Aviation program features a group of talented women nearly three times the national average who are serving in leadership roles.

April 17, 2025

Allison stands on a crowded sidewalk

As University Housing's first community housing coordinator, Allison Roosa helps families navigate the search for a place to call home.

April 16, 2025

Michael Zabala sits a table with a laptop next to him

Mechanical engineering's Michael Zabala will be a visiting professor for six months in Italy's Museo Galileo, a museum dedicated to astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, providing him with the opportunity to pursue the strong historical ties between biomechanics and Renaissance-era scientists.

April 15, 2025

Andy Young sitting at broadcast desk

Andy Young has worked behind the scenes for some of the biggest names in sports. Now he’s teaching the next generation of professionals in Auburn as a journalism-sports production professor.

April 11, 2025

Morgan snuggles with a golden retriever dog

Nursing faculty member Morgan Yordy studies a wide range of health-related topics, including animal-assisted therapy, emotional and sensory regulation and interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities for school nurses.

April 10, 2025

Eric and Ken examine a hard hat

Building science faculty Eric Wetzel and Ken Sands have created a novel device aimed at alleviating the burden of heat stress for construction workers.

April 10, 2025