Two doctors hold an orange cat

Samantha Sampson knew her kitten, Hashbrown, was a fighter. Dr. Randolph Winter and the AU CVM surgical team partnered on a new heart surgery on the young kitten to prove her right.

April 09, 2025

Molly Simonis searches for bats in a culvert under Interstate 85 in Lee County, Alabama.

Researchers are working with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to uncover the mysteries of Alabama’s bat populations and the diseases that affect them.

April 07, 2025

Kelli Russell smiles

A recent report by social science researchers at Auburn and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will inform Gov. Kay Ivey’s strategic economic growth plan, Catalyst, on the agriculture industry.

April 03, 2025

Chris Martin smiles at an older woman in the community center

As an Auburn student, Chris Martin volunteered at the Boykin Community Center, and now that he's a faculty member, he's back at the center leading his students in health care outreach activities.

April 03, 2025

A student hard at work in an APLA garden

Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is teaching future generations of architects how to create communities that will stand the test of time — and changing economic conditions.

April 03, 2025

Students and faculty stand and discuss presentations.

The 2025 Auburn Research Symposium spotlighted the research and creative scholarship of nearly 500 graduate and undergraduate students from Auburn University and Auburn University at Montgomery.

April 03, 2025

Tiger Cage pitch competition trophy

Accountancy major Sophia Aulisio earned first place in the 2025 Tiger Cage Business Idea Pitch Competition, receiving $30,000 in startup capital for her business idea, Protector Innovations.

April 02, 2025

A young woman holds a video game controller in the shape of a large circle over her head

Kinesiology faculty member Danielle Wadsworth is currently studying how video games can be beneficial for families focusing on fitness.

April 02, 2025

A growing partnership between the Army and Auburn aims to effectively integrate mission command capabilities in the Polaris MRZR Alpha 4 vehicle and develop a litter support system for the vehicle to transport wounded soldiers on the vehicle. Initial prototypes for both systems are currently undergoing experimentation and operational testing.

April 01, 2025

several students stand around a table with young girl sitting

On their third consecutive trip to Children's of Alabama in Birmingham, members of the Auburn University Rocketry Association provided more interactive opportunities for the young patients, including helping them launch their own homemade rockets.

April 01, 2025

A team of doctoral and undergraduate biosystems engineering students have developed a solution to precise fertilizer application using drone technology. Their project is a finalist in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition.

March 28, 2025

Taylor Korn courtside at a basketball game

As director of social media for The Next Round, a fast-growing sports podcast based out of Birmingham, Alabama, alumna Taylor Korn has a courtside seat to watch Auburn sports teams navigate through each season.

March 27, 2025

Behind the Seams is the theme for this year

The College of Human Sciences 2025 edition of The Fashion Event themed "Behind the Seams," will make a grand debut at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center — a brand-new venue for the live runway show on April 11.

March 27, 2025

weeds wilt after a dicamba application in a field of soybeans

Farmers nationwide will not be permitted to use dicamba herbicide products this growing season. Auburn researchers and Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialists are working to provide Alabama row crop growers with guidance on how to navigate and best manage production without dicamba.

March 27, 2025

Graduate Student Research Assistant sorts through various books Olivia Martín-Piñón

Research from the College of Human Sciences uncovers how reading together boosts early literacy skills and deepens parent-child connections.

March 26, 2025

Cassandra Bolar

College of Human Sciences graduate Cassandra Bolar is a 2025 Black Alumna Award winner and will be honored during Auburn's Black Alumni Weekend April 4-6.

March 26, 2025

two grad students and Dr. Ian Butts work in a lab

The $437 million U.S. catfish industry is in need of better genetic and breeding technologies to be competitive with foreign imports. A team of hatchery scientists from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are studying hybrid catfish breeding practices to help improve reproductive efficiency and reduce production costs for catfish farmers.

March 26, 2025

Elijah McAllister next to a College of Education sign

Elijah McAllister, a former Auburn University football captain who was a star on and off the field, is currently pursuing his doctorate to elevate himself academically while continuing to be a difference-maker in the community.

March 26, 2025

Power systems lab

The Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center is dedicated to advancing cybersecurity technologies to protect critical infrastructure from outside threats — and it’s using the expertise of Auburn students to help carry out that mission.

March 26, 2025

Young woman standing in front of four small children who are sitting on the floor.

With support from the Russell Medical Foundation, Auburn nursing students and faculty bring health and wellness education to Alabama elementary schools.

March 24, 2025

Eight students in a classroom. Two are standing in the center back to back with the other six are standing around them angrily.

For several years Kate Craig, associate professor of History with the College of Liberal Arts, has taught Honors versions of World History I and II through a series of role-playing games she calls “Reacting to the Past.”

March 24, 2025

Chester Higgins visiting his great uncle

Author, longtime New York Times photographer and Alabama Distinguished Artist Chester Higgins toured Alabama in March, sharing with students and residents how to connect people through the power of photography.

March 24, 2025

palmer amaranth in a field

Auburn's Weed Bionomics Laboratory focuses on managing herbicide-resistant weeds, like Palmer amaranth, the most difficult weed to control because it can produce 600,000 seeds per plant and grow as much as 2.5 inches per day.

March 24, 2025

Preston holds a can of fuel as he begins a prescribed burn in a dry field.

Preston Payne manages and maintains 10,000 acres of university-owned wooded lands spread across 27 sites throughout Alabama that serve as living labs and classrooms.

March 24, 2025

bus

Auburn researchers are part of a study to address engineering challenges associated with energy efficiency of zero emission bus materials.

March 21, 2025

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