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Justin Patton, executive director of Auburn’s renowned RFID Lab, has won the 2024 Ted Williams award from AIM, a global industry trade group for stakeholders of RFID, barcoding, smart devices and other data capture and efficiency technologies.

The Jule Museum partnered with the Mt. Willing Quilters to present an exhibition, quilt trail and public programming as part of Sew Their Names.

The Johnny Lawrence Memorial Rain Garden at the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center is about the future as much as it is the past. That’s what philanthropy does. It honors legacy but builds futures.

Auburn's Future Agricultural Science Teachers (FAST) is raising funds to help Future Farmers of America chapters impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Sheri Thornburg-Brock, a professor in the School of Kinesiology in Auburn University’s College of Education, was named the College/University Professional of the Year by the Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance during the association’s fall conference.

The Office of the Provost and the Honors College are searching for a tenured, full professor for the position of Assistant Director for National Prestigious Scholarships. This position will form and execute a university-wide plan to increase student applications for national prestigious scholarships as well as provide leadership in supporting and mentoring students as they apply for these external fellowships.

An Auburn team is working to make catfish breeding more efficient and profitable.

JoEllen Sefton, a professor in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology, has spent the past 18 years researching and developing solutions to problems faced by military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and first responders. That work recently earned her the prestigious Auburn University Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach.

Auburn faculty explain CDC’s new recommendation that people 50 and older get the pneumococcal vaccine.

Ensure your holiday meals are safe and joyful! Auburn researchers are pioneering solutions to prevent foodborne illnesses.

Students, faculty, veterans and alumni heard the inspiring stories of renowned journalist and ABC World News Tonight Correspondent Bob Woodruff, along with CEO of the Bob Woodruff Foundation Anne Marie Dougherty, during the College of Human Sciences' IQLA Distinguished Lecture Series on Nov. 15.

Janice Hall, an Extension Specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Federal Nutrition Program, specializing in nutrition and food safety, shares her expertise in preparing turkey and providing a safe dining experience.

Auburn researchers are developing ways to improve the infrastructure, specifically addressing the construction of roads, bridges and buildings, in Alabama and beyond.

Auburn’s Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems recently clinched first place in the third annual Project MFG SEC Machining Competition, besting others in the manufacturing of a functional gearbox.

Concerns about food safety are high after the recent E. coli outbreak linked to carrots. Rodney Tollerson, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, discusses the contamination and offers tips to keep you safe.

As schools and statehouses grapple with cell phone use in the classroom, social work researchers in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University have evaluated a promising cell phone ban policy that benefits students and teachers alike.

Associate Professor Diana Samek examines which psycho-social factors are linked to substance use and mental health disorders during the turbulent periods of adolescence and young adulthood.

Across the Auburn campus, researchers from a wide range of disciplines are working to ensure America’s food processing and supply chain systems are safe.

Three Auburn Engineering faculty members were recently recognized for exemplary leadership, innovative research, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service to the university and community at the annual Faculty Awards ceremony.

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Auburn’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, will be moving to the Honors College beginning in 2025.

After two decades in the air, Michielle Sego-Johnson is preparing a new generation of flight attendants to expect the unexpected.

Dr. Imogene Mathison Mixson dedicated her career to improving the lives of others in her community and the state of Alabama as a teacher, faculty member, department head, academic dean and interim president.

OIP will host the fifth International Perspectives on University Teaching and Learning Symposium June 23-25, 2025, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida

From high kicks to high efficiency, from the dance line to the supply line, Nyah Dedeaux does it all. Listen to the industrial and systems engineering senior discuss her Auburn journey on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

An ongoing partnership between Auburn’s College of Education and military veterans was on full display this past Saturday during Auburn’s military appreciation home football game.

Wendi Weimar stops by the Everything Auburn Podcast to chat about her mission to elevate performance and prevent injuries.

Peter Hastie, a Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology, is a 2024 recipient of the Creative Research and Scholarship Award for his extensive work in physical education - teacher education.

Three major building projects that will benefit our campus and coastal Alabama recently received approval from the Board of Trustees.

In 2024, donor support funded the cost of care for every child and family's autism assessment services at the AUPSC and CARTT.

Full-time  faculty, staff and A&P employees have received a link to the survey.

Celebrate all of the amazing awards and recogniton from across our campus.

The Staff Professional Development Day will be held Friday, Dec. 6.  This will be an all-day event located at the Melton Student Center Ballroom.  Registration ends this week, and the theme is “Empowering Excellence: Navigating Change; Charting Your Course”

Students spent the day on Auburn's campus, learning about the latest technologies, skills and ideas in the world of media.

Helping others live out the American dream toward a full and healthy life is a goal Brian McCabe has had for some time.

Kinesiology professor Christopher Wilburn's passion for connecting with his students earned him the Auburn University Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.

My name is Andrew Wallis, and I am a sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina.

A donor's gift is enabling Harbert College of Business marketing students to sharpen their skills with customer relationship management (CRM) tools. This experiential learning opportunity improves the students' hiring prospects.

Media studies alumnus Matt Sakatani Roe '06 utilized his innovative business networking skills to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry as a director of photography.

Middle schoolers from the Huntsville Learning Center’s STREAM Team recently received a firsthand look at the world of manufacturing, thanks to the Bird Inc. program hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems.

School of Communication and Journalism students gained hands-on experience in professional journalism on Election Day by working with the AP to collect and verify election results.

World-renowned scholars. Forward-thinking educators. Visionary leaders. At the annual Faculty Awards Ceremony on Nov. 19, Auburn will bestow its highest honors to prestigious faculty who epitomize these qualities.

Applications for the Undergraduate Gulf Scholars Scholarship program for the fall 2025 cohort are now open. The deadline to apply is Feb. 21.

Auburn’s beloved football player and coach, Shug Jordan, was as good on the basketball court as he was on the gridiron.

Jay Bland has helped digitize Georgia’s legal system through software like GreenCourt and PeachCourt.

Corey McDaniels, a master’s student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration.

Auburn University’s Board of Trustees gave its final approval Friday for the construction of a Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station in Orange Beach.

Bart Prorok, chair of the Department of Materials Engineering, has been named recipient of the 2025 Sia Nemat-Nasser Medal from the Society of Experimental Mechanics “for wide‐ranging interdisciplinary scientific advances and the use of these interests in service of the Society and its technical divisions.”

A graduate student in biosystems engineering won Auburn's Three Minute Thesis competition, where finalists had only three minutes to pitch their research ideas.

Court Green-Johnson has overcome quite a few challenges on her way to becoming an Auburn student. Recently, as she prepared to graduate, the senior animal science major looked back at every bend in the road with gratitude.