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Auburn sets new marks for enrollment and student success

Record enrollment and graduation rates combine with strong professional and career outcomes. More students than ever are choosing Auburn, marking another year of growth for the university and setting the stage for a broader story of student success. Auburn reached record enrollment in fall 2026, with 35,733 total students and 29,693 undergraduates, following a year of record applications to the university.

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Supporting kids with diabetes in Alabama

For more than five decades, Auburn University Harrison College of...

Auburn Nursing Earns Top 20 Public Ranking

For the first time in program history, Auburn University's Colleg...

Demystifying Narcolepsy: How emotions trigger muscle weakness

A newly published study identified oxytocin as a key driver of na...

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Auburn Nursing Earns Top 20 Public Ranking

For the first time in program history, Auburn University's College of Nursing is...

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Harbert undergrad programs ranked among nation’s best

Harbert College celebrates its Accounting, Business Analytics and Supply Chain M...

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Engineering climbs in U.S. News undergraduate rankings

Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering climbed three spots among...

Auburn climbs in 2027 U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges" Ranks

Auburn University moved into the nation's Top 100 universities and advanced amon...

Auburn sets new marks for enrollment and student success

Record enrollment and graduation rates combine with strong professional and care...

Senior vice president Kelli Shomaker to retire from Auburn

Auburn University's senior vice president for business and administration and ch...

Research and Innovation
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Demystifying Narcolepsy: How emotions trigger muscle weakness

A newly published study identified oxytocin as a key driver of narcolepsy-relate...

Turning data into on-field competitive advantage

Recent Harbert business analytics graduate Ryan McTighe is working with the Aubu...

The sense of touch... for robotic devices

Jean-Francois Louf, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is exploring ho...

AU Sand Mountain bahiagrass is a forage option for producers

AU Sand Mountain bahiagrass was developed at the Sand Mountain Research and Exte...

Maxson honored with Pinnacle Award

Committed to improving the lives of those living with chronic kidney disease and...

Extension and Outreach
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Supporting kids with diabetes in Alabama

For more than five decades, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy's (HC...

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Hives Alive: Where honeybee science becomes art

Auburn's “Hives Alive” exhibit transforms honeybee research data into an imm...

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Auburn SCPS Director Named Fellow of APA Society

Auburn University is proud to announce that Doug Hankes, Ph.D., Executive Direct...

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Alabama Extension Turns Tuscaloosa Conversations into Community Action

What started as a health-focused community event in Tuscaloosa has grown into a ...

Student Experience
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Pharmacy welcomes Class of 2030

Joining the ranks of the next generation of leaders and health care providers, t...

Students sit at tables and eat inside the busy Foy on the Fly dining area on Auburn University’s campus.
Engineering students redesign reusable containers for Foy on the Fly

Auburn engineering students developed a reusable food container prototype for Fo...

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A Mayor’s Memories

As Auburn celebrates the Early Learning Centers centennial, former Auburn Mayor ...

Pharmacy students in Top 10

The Harrison College of Pharmacy team placed in the top 10 in the nation in the ...

Students' real-world tech, cultural experience in Germany

Three supply chain management students earned the international Green Belt Certi...

Bananas, Coca-Cola and the Auburn Family

From Russian roots to rushing the passer, from tasting his first Coca-Cola to ta...

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Auburn Naval ROTC's Updated Study Space

Auburn's Naval ROTC program redesigned its midshipmen's study space for success,...

Common Ground at Ground Zero

Brucie Porter, '25, was 3 years old on Sept. 11, 2001. She doesn't remember a se...

College of Human Sciences announces 2026 IQLA honorees

In its 33rd year honoring individuals, partnerships and organizations that signi...

Rooms to grow

Auburn interior design senior Lucy Folmar turned two empty rooms inside the new ...

1948 Architecture alumna looks back on 50-year career

Julia DeMarcay Waggoner, a 1948 graduate of Auburn's School of Architecture, was...

Philanthropy and Support
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The power of plants

Master Gardners coordinator Kerry Smith is hoping the Auburn Family will help he...

Gone global

Through Outreach Global, Auburn students, faculty and staff serve and learn abro...

An Auburn favorite

To honor Auburn radio legend Paul Ellen, WEGL-FM alumni are helping fund postsea...

Formula for success

Senior lecturer Rachel Prado has bold ideas for transforming the student experie...

A place with purpose

Thanks in part to generous donor support, BraveHeart Center for Place and Purpos...

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