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Reaching Across Alabama

Auburn partners with government, industry and communities to deliver research-based educational programs that improve the health and economic well-being of all Alabamians. From farming and finances to nutrition and food safety, we take practical expertise to every corner of the state.

Extension

For more than a century, we’ve worked with our land-grant partners at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University to turn research into real solutions for communities in every corner of the state.

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Outreach

We serve communities far beyond our campus with outreach programs that help citizens, schools, governments and businesses build skills, develop new knowledge and achieve a higher quality of life.

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Innovation that Works

$26 million

Annual outreach and extension spending

67 counties

Extension employees are in every Alabama county

$6.3 billion

Statewide economic impact of Auburn and its alumni in FY2022

Impact for Alabama

Work that changes the world begins at home. Our research, education and outreach make Alabama a safer, healthier, happier place to live.

A group of Alabama Extension agents and specialists with their Australian hosts standing in front of a piece of farm machinery.

Alabama Extension Team Travels Down Under For Farming Innovation

Half a world away in Queensland, Australia, a group of Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialists and agents this spring toured the Bundaburg region in search of fresh ideas they could bring home to Alabama farmers. In visiting a dozen farms and research sites, the team found familiar challenges — water scarcity, rising production costs and the constant pressure to produce more with fewer resources.

Student inventors tackle everyday problems

Elementary, middle and high school students from across Alabama gathered at Auburn University for the second annual Alabama State Invention Convention, hosted by the I-STEM Connectory. The event featured 51 student-created inventions addressing everyday challenges, from food insecurity and chronic headaches to safety, storage and accessibility. Four student inventions will advance to RTX Invention Convention U.S. Nationals in Dearborn, Michigan, this June.

Five Auburn University Rocketry Association students stand indoors holding a model rocket during a visit to Children’s of Alabama, wearing matching blue patterned shirts.

AURA returns to Children’s of Alabama for fourth straight year

Auburn University Rocketry Association returns to Children’s of Alabama for the fourth year, bringing hands-on STEM activities and meaningful outreach to young patients.