Academic Excellence
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The new option, from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and College of Sciences and Mathematics, is another step toward solidifying Auburn as a leader in training space industry professionals.

June 16, 2025

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The Public and One Health program's first two graduates are prepared to make a difference in a wide range of fields, including environmental health, epidemiology and health promotion and policy.

June 16, 2025

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Junior Eirik Mulder earned the award which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who show exceptional academic performance, ingenuity and potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields.

June 12, 2025

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Over the past year, more than 800 First Year Engineering Seminar students learned sketchnoting, a highly effective style of note taking that combines traditional text with symbols and illustrations.

June 06, 2025

Auburn Aviation's Jill Glidewell is a former U.S. Air Force and Delta Air Lines pilot who is educating the next generation of aviators.

June 04, 2025

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In Professor Daniel Tauritz's sections of COMP 2240: Discrete Structures, computer science students don't just solve math problems — they experience them.

June 02, 2025

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Auburn faculty members and researchers are embracing artificial intelligence in the classroom and the laboratory, spearheading innovative methods in teaching and research.

May 29, 2025

Kyle Castellano, who logged a 4.0 GPA throughout his four years on campus, is the first — and only — Auburn student to win both the university's Master's Thesis Award and Distinguished Dissertation Award.

May 20, 2025

Haibo Zou holding up two rocks in his geology lab.

COSAM's Haibo Zou recently was named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work in mathematics and geology.

May 19, 2025

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After growing up in a military family, senior Melissa Garnes now conducts and shares relevant research through Military REACH under the mentorship of Professor Mallory Lucier-Greer.

May 02, 2025

Overtoun Jenda talks to a young student

With an academic career spanning nearly 50 years, almost 40 at Auburn, Overtoun Jenda has left a mark on the field of mathematics and thousands of students that's impossible to calculate.

April 25, 2025

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Biosystems engineering's David Blersch is leading two research projects in the Green Infrastructure Lab to address using natural systems to remove pollutants from wastewater.

April 22, 2025

Six female pilots posing with an Auburn Cessna.

Auburn University's School of Aviation program features a group of talented women nearly three times the national average who are serving in leadership roles.

April 17, 2025

Andy Young sitting at broadcast desk

Andy Young has worked behind the scenes for some of the biggest names in sports. Now he's teaching the next generation of professionals in Auburn as a journalism-sports production professor.

April 11, 2025

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Auburn's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is teaching future generations of architects how to create communities that will stand the test of time — and changing economic conditions.

April 03, 2025

Tiger Cage pitch competition trophy

Accountancy major Sophia Aulisio earned first place in the 2025 Tiger Cage Business Idea Pitch Competition, receiving $30,000 in startup capital for her business idea, Protector Innovations.

April 02, 2025

A team of doctoral and undergraduate biosystems engineering students have developed a solution to precise fertilizer application using drone technology. Their project is a finalist in NASA's 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition.

March 28, 2025

Behind the Seams is the theme for this year

The College of Human Sciences 2025 edition of The Fashion Event themed "Behind the Seams," will make a grand debut at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center — a brand-new venue for the live runway show on April 11.

March 27, 2025

Elijah McAllister next to a College of Education sign

Elijah McAllister, a former Auburn University football captain who was a star on and off the field, is currently pursuing his doctorate to elevate himself academically while continuing to be a difference-maker in the community.

March 26, 2025

Eight students in a classroom. Two are standing in the center back to back with the other six are standing around them angrily.

For several years Kate Craig, associate professor of History with the College of Liberal Arts, has taught Honors versions of World History I and II through a series of role-playing games she calls “Reacting to the Past.”

March 24, 2025

Jennie Baumann in her classroom

A group of College of Education faculty members led by Jennie Baumann is working to provide pre-service teachers with a competitive edge in their field.

March 18, 2025

Ernest Opoku's journey from Ghana to Auburn, and now to MIT, is one of perseverance, intellectual rigor and groundbreaking research.

March 17, 2025

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Auburn has been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research, making it one of only 11 institutions nationally to hold designations for cyber operations, cyber defense and cyber research.

March 17, 2025

A young woman in a virtual reality headset in front of a computer monitor

Faculty member Tiffani Chidume studies the use of cutting-edge simulation technology, including VR, in nursing education.

March 11, 2025

Mari Miles Dempsey, a senior in chemical engineering and an Honors student, is researching photo-initiated hydrogels. If successful, the project has the potential to impact multiple fields, but the most hopeful is transporting items to space.

March 06, 2025

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Dillon O'Donnell, a junior in international studies who studies Arabic at Auburn and hopes to one day serve the U.S. Department of State, honed his language and cultural skills across Morocco last fall.

March 06, 2025

a group of people at at Auburn tailgate. Glenn Mitchell is on the far right. Regenia Sanders is on his right.

Regenia Sanders and Glenn Mitchell, colleagues at Ernst & Young in Atlanta, share a deep passion for their alma mater and firmly believe in helping fellow alums reach their full potential.

March 05, 2025

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The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted eight individuals — including one Auburn University alumnus and an Auburn chemical engineering professor — and one corporation during a ceremony Feb. 22 at the Renaissance Birmingham at Ross Bridge.

March 05, 2025

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Thomas Dunn, an award-winning scenery and lighting designer known for creating transcendent environments through light and space, is helping Auburn Theatre & Dance students bring their next performance to life.

February 25, 2025

The folks tasked with naming the SEC Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year had it pretty easy this go round. A program record in the 500-yard freestyle, an event in which he ranks 11th nationally. Scoring the second-fastest time in program history in the 1000-yard freestyle against the arch-rival. Five All-American honors. A 4.00 grade point average in mechanical engineering. Yep, Mason Mathias — pruned hands now.

February 24, 2025

Brandon Barnett tests his jet engine

Brandon Barnett, a senior in aerospace engineering, used his skills and classroom knowledge to build a functional jet engine in the Makerspace on campus.

February 18, 2025

Matthew sits in front of a stone cabin

Alumnus Matthew Capps, who earned a bachelor's degree in ornamental horticulture and a Master of Landscape Architecture, is the new director of Alabama State Parks.

February 17, 2025

Pam Hennessey Headshot Outdoors

Excellence is a term that Pam Hennessey has become synonymous with, and that's why she was recently awarded the 2025 Provost Advising Award for Outstanding Advising Administrator.

February 14, 2025

Thanks to Florabot, an AI-driven robot developed by researchers in the Smart Systems Lab within the Department of Biosystems Engineering, farmers may soon be able to assess entire rows of azaleas, hydrangeas, petunias and many other ornamental plants in the time it takes you to read this article.

February 13, 2025

Constantinos Kyriakis works along side his wife Maria Naskou in a lab

Associate Professor Constantinos Kyriakis and Assistant Professor Maria Naskou met in Greece over a decade ago and have supported one another in science and life ever since.

February 13, 2025

Gary Martin and Marilyn Strutchens stand in a library

Gary Martin and Marilyn Strutchens, married since 1996 and Auburn colleagues since 2000, share a passion for mathematics and helping the next generation of teachers.

February 11, 2025

Sydney Freeman speaking with an audience

Sydney Freeman Jr. is a first-generation college student and two-time Auburn alum. He was the first African American male to attain full professorship at the University of Idaho, and just last fall, was one of 10 people chosen as a Fellow of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

February 11, 2025

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The SCIP program focuses on increasing mental health services in rural Alabama schools by preparing school counseling students to collaborate with school nurses and ESOL teachers.

February 06, 2025

Fourth-year pharmacy students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to patients on Native American reservations.

February 05, 2025

Melanie Lockett

Melanie Lockett overcame the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 death of her father to successfully defend her dissertation and land a job with the U.S. Department of Defense.

February 05, 2025

Judge Richard Minor

After fighting for justice across Alabama, Judge Richard Minor returns to Auburn to teach the skills he wishes he had at the start of his career.

January 28, 2025

A College of Liberal Arts student measures findings during a recent Archaeology Field School in Notasulga, Alabama.

A recent philanthropy-fueled project, led by Meghan Buchanan, Auburn archaeologist and anthropology associate professor, has the potential to unearth a one-of-a-kind discovery.

January 14, 2025

At this rate, Auburn may need to open its own "NanoArt" museum. Because the Department of Materials Engineering just keeps churning out masterpieces.

January 10, 2025

Miranda Reed talks with Miles Wiley in her lab

Professor Miranda Reed, a three-time Auburn graduate, is training the next generation of scientists within the Harrison College of Pharmacy and uncovering insights about Alzheimer's disease.

December 13, 2024

Valerie Heffernan by the Auburn University sign

Valerie Heffernan is set to graduate from Auburn University with a degree in marketing and has thoroughly enjoyed her time on the Plains after gravitating here from Louisville, Kentucky.

December 03, 2024

A man walks through the forest

This semester, landscape architecture students enrolled in Alabama Lab studied the complex issues associated with mass timber construction and its demand on the state's forests.

December 02, 2024

Aubie stands next to Ross Tolbert with the Auburn University Marching Band behind them both.

If it's possible to have music in the blood, Auburn University Marching Band drum major Ross Tolbert does.

November 27, 2024

A man speaks on a stage

CADC's Day of Design focused on "collective intelligence," because AI doesn't do work on its own — it requires human creativity and decision-making.

November 22, 2024

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From its early years as the East Alabama Male College to today's multidisciplinary research, Auburn University remains a strong supporter of our nation's military.

November 08, 2024

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From plasma fusion research aimed at harnessing and improving energy sources, to engineering exploits designed to reduce hazards, streamline processes and enhance efficiency, Auburn's talented researchers are making strides in the energy space.

November 01, 2024