A woman in a lab coat and wearing blue gloves holds two vials with floating brown specks.
Year-round threat: tick risk on the rise

As the lead author of the 2026 Pet Parasite Forecasts, Auburn parasitologist Dr. Kathryn Reif shares the rising risk ticks and other disease-carrying pests can post to both pets and their owners.

Two women in scrubs and with medical gear stand under a tent with one of them holding a dog wrapped in a towel and with a muzzle on. In the background, you can see multiple people and other tents on a grassy lawn.
Veterinary students gain hands-on experience

Thirty-one Auburn University veterinary students spent a Saturday in early April providing cost-free care for pet owners in Fulton County, Ga. Through a partnership with LifeLine Animal Project — an Atlanta nonprofit that seeks to improve access to pet care — students had a chance to step out of the classroom and into practice.

A mother pushes her daughter in an all-terrain wheelchair through the forest.
Auburn attains grant to expand accessibility at KPNC

The Kreher Preserve and Nature Center (KPNC) is expanding access to outdoor recreation through a recent Tier 1 Quality of Life Grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, supporting the purchase of three all-terrain wheelchairs designed specifically for trail use.

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