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An Auburn faculty member is pioneering natural infrastructure for coastal resilience.

After 19 years of working at Auburn, academic administrator Michelle Cole has a long list of achievements, various job descriptions tacked to her title and enough experience to jam-pack her LinkedIn profile.

Matthew Kirchner will create height-velocity diagrams for various helicopter models — guides for pilots to handle emergency landings and investigate reliable engine failure detection techniques.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) announced Wednesday that Auburn won seven 2024 Circle of Excellence awards, including one Grand Gold award in publications and a Gold award for storytelling.

The Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center at Auburn received the Design Project of the Year by Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Magazine.

Ike and Rhonda Scott Endowed Professor of Piano Jeremy Samolesky's newest album, "Marjan Mozetich: The Complete Piano Music," is available on all streaming platforms.

Concepts of Chemical Engineering, a class open to all majors at Auburn, takes students on a fundamental journey of making coffee while providing them with the basics of engineering principles through repeated experiments.

Makanakishe "Maka" Charamba is heading to Paris this summer to compete in the 200-meter sprint at the 2024 Olympics.

A new fund at Auburn is designed to bridge the gap between new business formation and initial seed funding.

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College of Human Sciences interior design 2024 graduate Emily Hatcher was recently honored with the 2024 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Student of the Year Award

Jeff LaMondia, in collaboration with the Auburn University Extension, has worked with community members in Eutaw to install new crosswalks and restripe parking spots near Eutaw Primary School in Greene County.

Colleagues share reflections on Katrina Akande, a devoted professor, researcher and Extension specialist, who passed away on April 29.

As the college celebrates its 45th anniversary, graduates from the first graduating class in 1981 remember the program’s humble beginnings.

Meagan Blosser, outgoing president of Auburn's Top-20 Design, Build, Fly team, doesn't care how you pronounce her name, because this new Auburn aerospace engineering alumna definitely knows how to... go with the flow.

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.

War Eagle is Auburn’s battle cry, but it’s also the name of a unique summer tradition through which first-year students begin their journey with the university.

Christine Charvet has a passion for determining ages — but not just of people, but of creatures ranging from mice to monkeys to cats and more.

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Brooke Bailey was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

Leslie Cordie, associate professor of adult education in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, received a medal from the Irish government in recognition of her leadership of Research Network #3 for the Asia-Europe Meeting Lifelong Learning Hub, or ASEM LLL, at University in Ireland.

Professor Shannon Brewer will examine how to use existing water ways to deter invasive carp from the Mississippi River and use water-control structures to facilitate native fish passage.

Jean-Francois Louf's project was awarded a two-year, $110,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.

An Auburn researcher is examining the effects of habitat management on wildlife communities.

Emma Signor, who recently left Auburn with a degree and a number of top honors in aerospace engineering, plans a return for her master's degree.

Jim Carroll was named as the new vice president of Facilities Management. He will assume his new role on Aug. 19

Researchers in Auburn's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment say that human interaction and wildlife presence go hand in hand, especially during a global pandemic. Recent studies at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center reveal the importance of using a citizen science framework to conduct research and outreach.

The College of Human Sciences has added a new master’s program in development practice to its curriculum.

Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts is on the cutting edge of rapidly advancing research surrounding biochar and its uses.

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Auburn geophysicist Brian Boston was part of a team of scientists that spent 41 days offshore on a research expedition along a Pacific Northwest zone where two tectonic plates secretly slide past each other under water.

After 27 years at Auburn, the director of Risk Management and Insurance is retiring.

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs continued its upward trajectory in the annual rankings among public institutions, climbing 10 spots in the past five years.

The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment will host the only cross-laminated timber conference to be held in the southern United States Oct. 7-9 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.

The Conversation

An AI network-based approach is being used to help predict colorectal cancer risk.

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Two new artificial intelligence-focused classes will be open to all Auburn students beginning in spring 2025.

A new location and new name — but the same physical ID card for all employees.

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Auburn University will close on June 19, in observance of Juneteenth, which is considered an official holiday for AU employees.

Meet Ethan Davis, an Auburn student who ran 26.2 miles at the Normandy Running Festival — and he isn't even a runner.

Caroline Whiting was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning is offering the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program again this fall and spring for graduate students.

Daniela Marghitu, a faculty member in Auburn's Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, has been appointed to the Governor's Advisory Council for Computer Science Education.

With no air in space for electronics to vent heat, an associate mechanical engineering professor is researching advanced cooling technology and other means to address this issue for national defense applications.

Auburn’s Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning is a recipient of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education Artificial Intelligence Culture Grant for their innovative open educational resource project, “A Guide to AI Enhanced Learning.”

Auburn alumnus Jack Wyatt was one of 40 recipients to earn the American Institute of CPA's prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award for achieving exceptionally high scores on the CPA Exam. More than 86,000 individuals sat for the exam in 2023.

Commercial real estate experts at Auburn’s CityBuilders Symposium outlined key economic factors driving industry growth across all geographic regions of the state.

Several excellent pieces of student work integrating Adobe Creative Cloud from the spring 2024 semester are available for viewing on the AU Libraries’ Digital Wall as part of a display loop.