Highlighting Alabama Extension Week
October 19, 2023
LaFayette, Alabama currently has no urgent care facility, and the nearest hospital is a 30-minute drive, but with the OnMed Care Station installed in the Chambers County Community Health and Wellness Center, residents can experience affordable, private and real-time visits with Alabama-licensed health care professionals in a virtual setting.
October 19, 2023
ICAMS will host a two-day event, starting with the Advanced Manufacturing Summit at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Brown-Kopel Center, followed by an open house on Friday, Oct. 27, at the ICAMS Manufacturing Facility located at 1490 Pumphrey Ave.
October 16, 2023
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has proclaimed Oct. 23-28, 2023, as Alabama Extension Week. During this inaugural celebration, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System encourages people all over the state to engage and see what Extension has to offer by attending a local Extension Week event or visiting a county Extension office.
October 13, 2023
Campus Kitchen is a volunteer force of more than 300 students working to combat food insecurity. Students work in shifts to plan menus, pick up the food from the dining halls and deliver meals on campus and off.
October 12, 2023
Led by efforts from the College of Education and University Outreach, Auburn University has received an $18.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education to provide greater access and opportunities to more than 6,500 Alabama middle school students.
October 12, 2023
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have awarded Auburn $550,000 over the next five years to establish a Gulf Scholars Program on campus.
October 11, 2023
Morgan Yordy, Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, has spent years studying the relationship between canines and humans, but it wasn’t until she witnessed it in her own home that she realized just how much dogs can help people heal from trauma.
October 10, 2023
Each year, Auburn University recognizes its faculty members’ achievements in teaching, research, creative scholarship and outreach by awarding its prestigious faculty awards.
October 09, 2023
Auburn University’s Warrior Research Center (WRC) has joined forces with the Auburn Police Department to redefine officer wellness – with the WRC focusing on the physical aspects of a police officer’s job.
October 06, 2023
Professors from Auburn University’s College of Education and College of Sciences and Mathematics are joining forces to help reverse a glaring shortage of K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, teachers throughout the state of Alabama.
October 06, 2023
Rooted in extensive research, “Bloody Sunday, Selma and the Long Civil Rights Movement,” a unique project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) launched this summer with a pair of week-long workshops for dozens of K-12 educators from districts across the nation.
October 06, 2023
Evelyn Hunter, an associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling, is working to reframe the perspective around remediation in psychology.
October 06, 2023
Auburn professors in the College of Education and College of Nursing are launching a new collaborative initiative designed to increase mental health services in rural Alabama schools.
October 06, 2023
This July, Auburn’s College of Education hosted a small group of 10th-12th graders on campus for the World Affairs Youth Seminar, or WAYS, led by Jesús A. Tirado, assistant professor of secondary social sciences education.
October 06, 2023
Christine Schnittka, professor of science education in Auburn University’s College of Education, is among 32 scholars from universities and colleges across the country who will travel to Israel this summer to participate in the highly competitive academic Faculty Fellowship Program.
October 06, 2023
Becoming an advocate, researcher and spokesperson for people with chronic health conditions was never the role Julie Hill thought she would one day have when she embarked on her career as a preschool special education teacher.
October 06, 2023
The College of Education’s EAGLES—students with intellectual disabilities—had a blast during a recent visit from the Auburn men’s basketball team and Coach Bruce Pearl.
October 06, 2023
Auburn University’s College of Education recently welcomed more than 60 faculty members from the U.S. Air Force’s Squadron Officer School, or SOS, for Convergence 2022.
October 06, 2023
AUTeach, a partnership between the College of Education and the College of Sciences and Mathematics, celebrated its launch with members from the UTeach Institute, the Alabama STEM Council and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education on Sept. 28 in ACLC.
October 04, 2023
The future of health care is here! Meet OnMed - a truly unique community opportunity that Auburn University has launched recently involving @AlabamaExtension, Auburn Outreach and @aupharmacy, @chsatauburn and the College of Nursing.
October 03, 2023
A group of students from Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta recently visited Auburn University as part of a college bus tour organized by the SPARK STEM Institute.
October 03, 2023
At its recent September conference in La Jolla, California, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) honored Larry Rilett, director of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI), with its prestigious Steinberg Award, which annually recognizes “an individual who has made remarkable contributions to transportation education and research.”
September 28, 2023
Auburn University’s bald eagle, Independence, will soon embark on a return flight to Philadelphia — a trip that marks a heightened relationship between Auburn and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
September 28, 2023
East Alabama residents will soon experience more comprehensive social services, thanks to the work of the Opelika Police Department’s crisis intervention efforts with collaborative support from Auburn University.
September 26, 2023
Associate Professor April Smith’s latest study focuses on how to predict and prevent suicidal thoughts and actions before they occur in people with eating disorders.
September 26, 2023
Recently the Forests, Environment and Wildlife Leadership (FEWL) Academy within the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University visited Washington, D.C.
September 20, 2023
Mary Lou Ewald, director of the Office of Outreach in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, is the recipient of Auburn University’s first Dr. Royrickers Cook Endowed Engagement Award.
September 19, 2023
A team of researchers and Alabama Extension specialists comprises what is known as The Future of Farming Project, created to increase adoption of soil, nutrient and water conservation practices by establishing on-farm demonstrations and facilitating knowledge exchange among farmers.
September 14, 2023
This summer, students majoring in collaborative special education spent their days working with adolescents and adults with disabilities.
September 12, 2023
An initiative called the +Add Milk! Healthy Fluid Milk Incentive will be working simultaneously in Alabama and California, allowing shoppers to save money while making healthier food and beverage choices.
September 11, 2023
This fall, the EAGLES program is asking for help to make the Auburn dream a reality for even more students through a crowdfunding initiative aimed at offsetting the costs students and families incur.
September 07, 2023
An Auburn University associate professor and Extension specialist has been appointed to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).
April 27, 2023
