Outreach and Impact
Emma Jones and Andi Ammons graduate in May 2024

Andi Ammons and Emma Jones are the first two graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science, Early Child Development, designed to help Alabama’s goal to serve 70% of eligible 4-year-old children with preschool programs led by accredited teachers.

May 31, 2024

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Auburn museum shows works by pivotal Alabama artists Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett and Joe Minter in spring exhibition, “Black Codes,” guest-curated by Stanford University's Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander.

May 30, 2024

Man saws log outdoors with sawmill

Alabama Extension specialist and CFWE professor Adam Maggard supports landowners and the state’s timber industry through the Forestry Business Resources Program.

May 28, 2024

Welcome to Camp Hill sign with slogan small town, big dreams

Master of Community Planning students spent the spring semester in Camp Hill, working with residents and community partners to develop a resiliency plan for economic, environmental and social challenges.

May 28, 2024

Lucky Umezulike

Before he came to Auburn to earn a doctorate in public administration and public policy, Lucky Umezulike was an established change agent in Nigeria.

May 23, 2024

Harry Coker, Jr. and Frank Cilluffo

Transparent, accountable and evolving. That’s how White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. described the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan at a special forum Wednesday in Washington, D.C., hosted by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.

May 23, 2024

Two men and one woman look at maps while outdoors

Auburn DVM graduate Shaina Craige’s career has taken her around the globe as she’s advocated for healthy outcomes for people, animals and the planet.

May 23, 2024

Listen to the Memorial Day edition of the Everything Auburn podcast, featuring the Veterans Resource Center.

May 22, 2024

Check presented to AUMC Good News Center

A donation from the College of Human Sciences' Grantmaking for Philanthropists class to the Good News Center at Auburn United Methodist Church will allow the church to strengthen its food pantry ministry.

May 21, 2024

Man and woman holding award outside on steps

Extension Specialist Nancy Loewenstein’s invasive plants expertise and community impact earns her an outstanding alumni award.

May 09, 2024

Three men with cow during rodeo

Auburn University alumna and Clinical Assistant Professor Jessica Rush serves as the official veterinarian of a top rodeo.

May 08, 2024

A woman stands with a laptop in an art gallery.

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University is expanding access to art enthusiasts with visual impairments by adding alt text to its online art.

May 06, 2024

a woman and four men stand in front of a brick column and trees

The Auburn team will provide education and technical assistance to rural Alabamians struggling to navigate heirs’ property issues.

May 03, 2024

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani's project, “In Space Dry Printing Electronics and Semiconductor Devices,” recently received a $870,000 grant from NASA to pursue new manufacturing frontiers.

May 01, 2024

Jonathan Jones stands next to a lighted stem sign

Auburn University alum and New England Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones has been working hard through his Jonathan Jones Next Step Foundation to increase opportunities for young people to enjoy Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities and education.

April 30, 2024

A painted brick wall on an old building welcomes visitors to Selma

A $1 million grant will support the work of Auburn's Front Porch Initiative in developing housing in Selma, Alabama.

April 25, 2024

Young lady smiling and petting calf outdoors

For over 73 years, Kentucky has turned to Auburn University to help meet its need for veterinarians.

April 16, 2024

Boy in forest smiling

Max Nemeroff has been immersed in the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center since childhood. Now, he is a CFWE student exploring his environmental career options.

April 03, 2024

The annual day of giving is back for its ninth year on April 10.

April 03, 2024

Three women sit on a white porch with a flowering bush in the background

Auburn's Regional Autism Network offers translation services for non-English speaking families.

April 02, 2024

Two women in lifejackets on a boat smile with a massive naval ship in the background

Amy Pridemore, a faculty member in Auburn’s College of Nursing, brings a varied background to the teaching, outreach and service she does daily, focusing her efforts on providing primary care to underserved populations.

April 01, 2024

A young woman in an orange sweater holds a piece of paper and talks to a smiling woman in navy blue nurses

Sarah Putzer, who has worked as an emergency room nurse for more than 23 years, is a graduate student in Auburn’s Nurse Practitioner program and a Rural Health Fellow,

March 29, 2024

Students gathered outside near water

The Academic Sustainability Program has announced that 13 students have been accepted into the prestigious National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Scholars Program.

March 29, 2024

A young woman with professional clothing and a nametag stands in a hotel lobby smiling.

Miranda Daniels, who is working toward a doctorate in mathematics with a concentration in statistics, is an experienced public health professional and one of Auburn's first Rural Health Fellows.

March 21, 2024

People dressed in scrubs performing surgery

Learn more about the College of Veterinary Medicine students gaining surgical competence at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society.

March 18, 2024

A woman wearing scrubs smiles at her patient

Each Friday, audiology student Lexy Barraza conducts free hearing screenings in Chambers County as a Rural Health Fellow.

March 11, 2024

A headshot of the Director of the Center for Opioid Research, Education and Outreach, Karen Marlowe.

Professor Karen Marlowe talks about how Auburn is addressing substance abuse disorders.

March 11, 2024

Brown foal in therapy pool

The College of Veterinary Medicine's teaching hospitals collaborated to treat a premature foal named Tink.

March 01, 2024

Lightening lights up the sky over a landscape that includes trees and residential neighborhoods

Many rural counties in Alabama have residents who can’t receive severe weather alerts, often due to language barriers or a lack of consistent Internet access. Agriscience Education faculty members are working with Auburn University Extension staff to spread the word about the importance of disaster preparedness.

February 27, 2024

State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2024

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted nine individuals — including four Auburn University alumni — and one corporation during a ceremony Feb. 24 at The Westin Huntsville.

February 26, 2024

Couples in a relationship class lead by the Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Initiative.

Professor Francesca Adler-Baeder in Auburn’s College of Human Sciences knows healthy relationships. As principal investigator and project director for Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Initiative (AHMREI) since 2001, she and her team, along with community agency partners, have conducted applied research across the state to prove that healthy relationships impact not just couples, but their families, work environments and the well-being of their communities. Now, the collection of studies, primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Family Assistance, is primed to offer its service outreach model that teaches mindfulness and skills for healthy relationships for replication across the country as well.

February 26, 2024

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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) recognizes faculty members with exceptional research and scholarship records annually. Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Frank “Skip” Bartol is this year’s representative for Auburn University.

February 21, 2024

Lila Parrish and Briley Graves

As part of their Schweitzer Fellowship project, the Harrison College of Pharmacy's Briley Graves and Lila Parrish are working together on a project to identify and help those in need.

February 20, 2024

Maia Singleton and Kiaira Anderson

Harrison College of Pharmacy students Kiaira Anderson and Maia Singleton are working together to build a program that helps adolescent females in underserved areas to grow in the maturation of society and developments in life that align with improving social-emotional skills as part of their Schweitzer Fellowship project.

February 20, 2024

Director Mark Wilson explains an original charcoal sketch on display

The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities recently added to its artifacts collection displaying the artistry and humanity of enslaved Alabamians.

February 09, 2024

man outside with nasa vest

Auburn University alumnus Joseph Pelfrey has been named the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Pelfrey, who earned his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering in 2000, will manage one of NASA's largest field installations in this role.

February 05, 2024

Student stands next to pigs

Through long-standing home projects, Alabama 4-H members are learning invaluable life skills. The Pig Squeal project is a prime example of how 4-H teaches responsibility, community involvement, partnership and work ethic.

January 30, 2024

Kristen Shockley headshot image

For tens of thousands of women struggling with infertility in the United States, the support they receive—or don’t receive—from their employer can influence their productivity at work. An Auburn University Harbert College of Business professor is conducting research to learn the extent of that influence and what organizations can do to better support their women employees undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.

January 18, 2024

Graphic promoting podcast with picture of Joshua Sahib

This week’s segment of the Everything Auburn podcast focuses on the Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship. This episode features Joshua Sahib, managing director of the center in the Harbert College of Business, who discusses the ways in which this initiative is combining outreach programming and academic studies to address the needs of family businesses and more.

January 16, 2024

A family smiles outside

Hae Sagong, assistant professor in Auburn University’s College of Nursing, focuses her research on Korean immigrants’ experiences with health care in the rural south.

January 10, 2024

A young man leans over a large piece of wood and works on cutting it with a circular saw and

Auburn is at work innovating and expanding the market for mass timber products, design, engineering and construction.

January 10, 2024

Rod Turochy, associate director for Outreach for the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute and James Madison Hunnicutt professor in traffic engineering, and Larry Rilett, AUTRI Director, work with several housing authorities in the Black Belt region. Many of these neighborhoods have low automobile ownership rates, meaning more pedestrian traffic is on sidewalks and streets.

January 08, 2024

Dr. Ted Stuedeman ’87, right, with Auburn Vet Med students Stevie Fields ‘27 and Jesse Neal ’24

Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine recently received a $246,495, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid in the recruitment and support of more veterinarians in underserved areas of Alabama, particularly those practicing in the area of food animal medicine.

January 05, 2024

students in class in prison

Auburn University awarded degrees to 11 students in Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County on Dec. 16.

December 15, 2023

An intern works in an ag research lab at Auburn University

Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research with the Auburn Aquaponics Project at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center. Xavier Rios Flores and Faustin Mukunzi recently spent a semester working on projects in aquaponics and hydroponics that were inspired by their home countries.

December 14, 2023

Clint Penick

An episode of Planet Earth III airing in the U.S. this Saturday, Dec. 16, was made possible with the help of Assistant Professor Clint Penick in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.

December 14, 2023

Cam Tice reviewing data on computer with notepad

Marshall Scholarship winner Cameron Tice reviews data from his work with individuals suffering with substance abuse.

December 07, 2023

Alicia Powers is pictured.

Alicia Powers, managing director for the Hunger Solutions Institute (HSI) in Auburn’s College of Human Sciences, is on a mission to strategically build healthy, resilient communities. Her research and service efforts with HSI — including nutrition incentive programs for SNAP households in Alabama and beyond — have made many take notice and take action.

November 30, 2023

Steve Brown accepts award from President Roberts

A professor since 1998, Brown is one of two 2023 recipients of Auburn University’s most prestigious teaching honor, the Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.

November 30, 2023

The Melton Scholars Program Advisory Board stands together.

The Melton Scholars Program focuses on providing a supportive and enriching environment that empowers students to thrive academically, socially and personally.

November 28, 2023