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
Olga Harrington Pinto, a postdoctoral researcher in Auburn's Department of Physics, was granted access to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) where she calculated the CO2 detection for the first time from Centaur 39P/Oterma.
January 12, 2024
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
Auburn is at work innovating and expanding the market for mass timber products, design, engineering and construction.
January 10, 2024
Harbert College interviewed Asim Ali following the one-year anniversary of the launch of ChatGPT to find out how generative AI is impacting instruction and student performance at Auburn since then and how he and his organization are leading the adoption and powerful application of what he calls “the transformative technology of our time.”
January 09, 2024
Rob Holmes, associate professor and chair of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, has been awarded $7.75 million in funding over the next five years as part of the Natural Infrastructure Innovation Project.
January 08, 2024
Hae Sagong, a faculty member in Auburn’s College of Nursing, is researching ways to make it easier for Korean immigrants over 50 to obtain health care in the U.S.
January 02, 2024
Assistant Professor Andre da Silva is conducting cutting-edge research on ways to grow hops in Alabama within Auburn University’s Department of Horticulture.
December 15, 2023
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
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
A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But the story of Leanne Dillard is quite different. Early in her life, she wanted nothing to do with agriculture. So, how did she end up an Alabama Extension forage specialist and college professor?
December 13, 2023
A revolutionary means to safely meet the extreme demands of pulse-power electrical systems was demonstrated on Dec. 7.
December 12, 2023
Renowned sleep expert Mona El-Sheikh, the Leonard Peterson & Co. Inc. Professor in Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences, has been working over 20 years to unravel lingering questions about children’s sleep: a topic that piqued her interest, in part, because of sleep’s primacy in our lives.
December 08, 2023
Pharmacy's Salisa Westrick received $1 million in funding from the CDC to address immunization inequities and disparities through community pharmacies.
December 07, 2023
The unusually high mortality rate of largemouth bass across all stages of production makes it a challenge for farmers to raise this fish for profit. Researchers at Auburn University hope to expand production of largemouth bass in Alabama and the U.S. by solving the problem of high mortality rates.
December 07, 2023
Auburn’s Tigers United recently signed a IMOU with India’s Forest College and Research Institute Hyderabad to promote tiger conservation through student scholarship, thus furthering the mission of the Tigers United University Consortium.
December 07, 2023
Joe Majdalani, the Hugh and Loeda Francis Chair of Excellence in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, recently delivered the 2023 von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics, a prestigious lectureship hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
November 30, 2023
Alicia Powers receives Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award
November 27, 2023
Adrienne Duke-Marks, an associate professor and Extension specialist in the College of Human Sciences, is the 2023 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach. She was honored at the annual Auburn University Faculty Awards on Nov. 9.
November 20, 2023
A major research center within Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has been renamed the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center to highlight its renewed focus on solving critical neurological health challenges.
November 17, 2023
This week’s segment of the Everything Auburn podcast delves into the research of one of Auburn's rockstar professor experts, Amit Morey, and his work in improving the quality and safety of poultry products. Morey is an associate professor of poultry science in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, and his research is a great example of how Auburn is at work in advancing solutions through innovation.
November 07, 2023
Auburn faculty members Jada Kohlmeier and Steven Brown have been awarded more than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct virtual professional development with secondary social studies teachers from across the nation.
November 06, 2023
From Argentina to Alabama, Celeste Iglesias followed a passion for studying sustainable wood products, which has led to a professional career in sustainability, complete with industry accolades.
November 03, 2023
Steve Pelham, Auburn University's associate vice president for economic development, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Corridor.
October 27, 2023
Wenying Li, an assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology and a researcher with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, is the leader in a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
October 26, 2023
Gary Piazza is a highly respected cancer investigator with over 35 years of research experience. At Auburn’s Harrison College of Pharmacy, he leads a multidisciplinary team in the newly created Cancer Research Center, seeking solutions to some of the most fatal cancers.
October 26, 2023
Highlighting Alabama Extension Week
October 19, 2023
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has proclaimed Oct. 23-28, 2023, as Alabama Extension Week. During this inaugural celebration, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System encourages people all over the state to engage and see what Extension has to offer by attending a local Extension Week event or visiting a county Extension office.
October 13, 2023
Doctoral student Brock Herron has spent the last four years studying how to safely transport food — first in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture as a master’s student in poultry science where he won the Master’s Thesis Award and currently within the Harbert College of Business’s Supply Chain Management program where he is a Presidential Scholar.
October 13, 2023
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have awarded Auburn $550,000 over the next five years to establish a Gulf Scholars Program on campus.
October 11, 2023
Morgan Yordy, Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, has spent years studying the relationship between canines and humans, but it wasn’t until she witnessed it in her own home that she realized just how much dogs can help people heal from trauma.
October 10, 2023
Each year, Auburn University recognizes its faculty members’ achievements in teaching, research, creative scholarship and outreach by awarding its prestigious faculty awards.
October 09, 2023
In honor of World Space Week, Oct. 4-10, Auburn is highlighting individuals who are making an impact in the space industry. Associate Professor Dennis Bodewits, an astrophysicist and comet expert, is renowned for his knowledge and research and is working hard to educate the scientists of tomorrow.
October 04, 2023
Faculty and Alabama Extension specialists in Auburn’s College of Agriculture work with farmers to help them adopt conservation practices and tackle social or economic barriers.
September 28, 2023
Associate Professor April Smith’s latest study focuses on how to predict and prevent suicidal thoughts and actions before they occur in people with eating disorders.
September 26, 2023
Plants on the rooftop of the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center and Laurel Hotel live far from an ordinary life. They have little respite from the rain, an unrelenting sun and wind that whips through their leaves. Surviving the elements is a tall task for even the hardiest of plants on the Walt and Ginger Woltosz Rooftop Terrace. Luckily, they have a team of Auburn University scientists and students on their side.
September 26, 2023
Auburn University has been ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022, a list published recently by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
September 12, 2023
Shay Pilcher took her natural inquisitiveness and desire to solve problems and found a home in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
September 07, 2023
