Jaimi Tapp at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

As director of operational readiness, Auburn Aviation alumna Jaimi Tapp's job is to make sure more than 100 million passengers move through the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport without issue.

January 16, 2024

Photo of Byron P. Franklin Sr., guest speaker for annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast

Approximately 250 people gathered for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast led by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators — East Alabama Chapter, in collaboration with Auburn University’s Office of University Outreach and the Office of Inclusion and Diversity (OID) on Monday, Jan. 15.

January 15, 2024

A woman poses for a headshot outside

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

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

A group of Auburn people in front of the steps to RBD Library

The same steps that Harold Franklin walked to integrate Auburn University 60 years ago served as the backdrop for a commemorative event on Jan. 9. A large group gathered in the atrium of the Mell Classroom Building, including a number of Auburn’s “firsts,” like the families of Harold Franklin, Josetta Brittain Matthews and James Owens.

January 09, 2024

SEC adopts Auburn-created course  for how to integrate AI into instruction and scholarship

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

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

A man gives a presentation in a classroom in front of a large screen with an image of an island

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

A man and a woman stand outside on a playground smiling

Auburn University’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) is launching the state’s first parks and recreation management undergraduate degree program to prepare students to lead an industry that is increasingly recognized as vital to well-being, community growth and diversification.

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

Harold Franklin registering for classes in 1964

Sixty years ago, Harold A. Franklin registered for classes at Auburn University, integrating the institution as its first African American student. His courage paved the way for future generations, and his legacy lives on today.

January 04, 2024

A group of students stands in front of a video monitor wall presenting their work to a room full of people

The competition teams in Auburn University's McWhorter School of Building Science are successful because of the students' emphasis on preparation and their passion for learning and competing.

January 03, 2024

A woman poses outside for a photo in a floral dress

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

Ryan Kinnane finishes a race for Auburn

Harbert College of Business MBA candidate Ryan Kinnane finishes a race.

January 02, 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

Members of the Cartner family stand with a Christmas tree in a field

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm has been named the “2024 Grand Champion Grower,” making them the official Christmas tree providers for the White House’s Blue Room in the 2024 holiday season.

December 15, 2023

A man stands on a ladder while potted plants sit on the ground behind him

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

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

A group of five men and women sit on tables in a classroom talking and smiling

Neuroscience Educators and Researchers in One Health (NEROH) is a group for students and faculty members in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine to come together to talk about neuroscience for human and animal health.

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

Tate Youngblood, Zach Card, Colin Beyersdorf and Weston Ball

Between the four of them, School of Communication and Journalism seniors Weston Ball, Colin Beyersdorf, Zach Card and Tate Youngblood share one apartment, dozens of involvement responsibilities and hundreds of Auburn memories.

December 14, 2023

Leanne Dillard standing among hay bales

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

Bruce Tatarchuk

A revolutionary means to safely meet the extreme demands of pulse-power electrical systems was demonstrated on Dec. 7.

December 12, 2023

Members of the Brodbeck family look at crops

If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose immediate family features seven Auburn graduates. But a blood test would also show another liquid running just as prominently through the Brodbecks’ veins — coffee.

December 12, 2023

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