Outreach and Impact
A family shops for milk at a grocery store

After receiving a $2.79 million grant from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the Hunger Solutions Institute in Auburn's College of Human Sciences' Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives program has topped nearly $10 million in overall funding.

November 11, 2024

members of the ROTC at Auburn participate in a run

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

Logan McCool shows off her Halloween costume

Learn how our students have designed adaptable Halloween costumes for children with disabilities to enhance their trick-or-treating experience.

October 31, 2024

Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center

Jeff Hills recently pledged $10 million to provide more than 300 scholarships to Auburn Engineering students during the next 20 years.

October 25, 2024

A group of young women hold a sign for the Tiger Babies Breastfeeding Support tent

On football gamedays, faculty and students from the College of Nursing volunteer to staff Tiger Babies, SOUND and the new SNASY trailer.

October 21, 2024

three students painting a building

Auburn offers a number of service trips and study abroad programs, giving students opportunities to put their skills to use, benefiting communities close to home and around the world.

October 18, 2024

An Auburn faculty member and students work lead a community member through physical therapy exercises

Supported by the generosity of the Auburn Family, Auburn's distinctive physical therapy program is grounded by experiential learning and meaningful community impact and fueled by real-world research.

October 17, 2024

Four people stand in a grocery store aisle

Professor Veena Chattaraman brings her creativity and scientific expertise to research focused on consumer and health technologies. She aims to reduce older adults' barriers to using AI and improve rural communities' access to health and nutrition information through AI-powered technologies.

October 15, 2024

A group of students stand outside a building holding a sign

For the past two decades — following the expansion of Korean automakers and suppliers into Alabama and Georgia — Auburn University Outreach's Korea Corner has helped educators gain perspective about their Korean students who moved with their families.

October 11, 2024

An artist rendering of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program

October is National Physical Therapy Month, and Auburn is gearing up to launch its inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy program next summer.

October 08, 2024

A mixed media collage that features a face, leaves, a figure from ancient Greece and a high-heeled shoe

Inspired by the Auburn Creed, the museum presents exhibitions centered around the theme of "work" for the 2024-25 academic year. Artist Rachel Libeskind incorporates API-era research and found objects in her commissioned project for Auburn.

October 08, 2024

Daniel Lawson

For the past week and a half, a School of Kinesiology post-doctoral researcher and member of the Georgia Army National Guard Company has been helping with Hurricane Helene clean up efforts in southeast Georgia.

October 07, 2024

Pengyu Chen, the Francis Family Associate Professor and Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow in the Department of Materials Engineering, believes he'll soon be able to immediately unlock the secrets of your immune system with the prick of a finger.

October 03, 2024

Photo of the Rainbow Room at the 2023 IQLA Awards

In its 31st year of the International Quality of Life (IQLA) Awards, the college will honor Scott Hamilton, highly decorated male figure skating luminary and cancer patient support advocate and activist, as the 2024 IQLA Laureate recipient and Billy Reid, most famously known as a multiple award-winning fashion designer and founder and designer of the iconic Billy Reid brand, with the 2024 IQLA Lifetime Achievement Award.

September 25, 2024

a young man works in a server room

From electronic devices we rely upon, vehicles we drive, food we consume, electric substations we use to life-changing decisions made in voting booths, Auburn researchers are on the front lines to prevent potential cyberattacks.

September 24, 2024

Gary Godfrey with Austin Hill

New Realm Brewing–Auburn will host Ales for ALS Fest on Friday, Sept. 27, as a portion of each beer sold will go toward supporting ALS research. Current brewing science and operations graduate student Austin Hill created the beer recipe for the event.

September 12, 2024

Sofia Sierra in the laboratory taking samples from test tubes

Sofia Sierra, a first-year doctoral student in the College of Agriculture, is researching how to make infant formula safer by eliminating harmful, heat-resistant bacteria using cold plasma technology.

September 11, 2024

Hugh Freeze speaking at podium

Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze and his wife Jill took time to share about family life and football as the keynote speakers at the “Fall-Star” Supper hosted by the Women's Philanthropy Board in the College of Human Sciences.

September 11, 2024

Nursing students and Chambers County EMS help a patient from her home

Auburn is on a mission to build resilient communities throughout Alabama with several programs that bring research and outreach work to rural areas across the state.

August 30, 2024

Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha as Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop

Theatre and Dance faculty traveled across the country this summer to bring the Bard's work to life at the states' annual Shakespeare Festivals.

August 28, 2024

Auburn's EAGLES program has been nominated for a Chick-fil-A 2024 True Inspiration award, which includes a philanthropic grant. The Auburn Family can help the EAGLES program win the top award by voting in the Chick-fil-A app Sept. 3-30.

August 26, 2024

Two young men smile as they hold a snake

For students studying forestry and wildlife sciences, completing long days of summer practicum at Solon Dixon Center in south Alabama is both a rite of passage and a graduation requirement.

August 21, 2024

A woman sits at a table and signs books for other women in line

The annual Alabama OLLI Day celebration welcomed back Auburn alumni Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl to the Plains as speakers.

August 20, 2024

A little girl looks at an aquatic specimen with her camp counselor.

Auburn's summer camps fill up quickly and draw students from across the United States. Explore and learn with them by scrolling through a photo essay.

August 15, 2024

Gretchen Oliver in her lab.

Gretchen Oliver's life motto is “be better tomorrow,” and it's a motto that she has been striving to instill in her students in Auburn's School of Kinesiology for the past decade.

August 12, 2024

A pharmacy student works with Alabama residents during an AU-SHIP outreach event

A partnership between Auburn's Harrison College of Pharmacy and the Alabama State Health Insurance Assistance Program has helped Medicare patients across Alabama for a decade.

July 31, 2024

A woman stands in a creek with a large hill and trees behind her

As an outreach project manager with the Water Resource Center, Laura Cooley is currently spearheading the Moore's Mill Creek Watershed Project right here in Lee County.

July 28, 2024

Spent grain

The College of Human Sciences Brewing Science and Operations program uses its spent grain food waste to help a local farmer and in turn make a positive environmental impact.

July 25, 2024

The Jule

Interior design and business students find an unexpected partner in The Jule Museum when applying classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios as part of their Auburn academic experience.

July 24, 2024

Panagiotis Mistriotis

Panagiotis Mistriotis is using engineering knowledge to improve the properties of adult stem cells for cellular therapies and tissue regeneration.

July 22, 2024

Two young women use a hammer and nails to build a structure out of wood

Auburn is changing lives by designing houses that can mitigate rain, wind and flood damage in Alabama and beyond.

July 16, 2024

Alpha Sennon in a field surrounded by palms

A native of Trinidad & Tobago, doctoral student Alpha Sennon is the founder of an NGO called WHY FARM and a minor celebrity in the agricultural education world.

July 10, 2024

students sitting at a table

The Summer Engineering Enrichment camp gives incoming freshmen a taste of life on the Plains through a three-week on-campus experience.

July 09, 2024

a young man sits at a table with two women

Engineering's Young Alumni Council is devoted to keeping graduates engaged with Auburn.

July 09, 2024

Sean Forbes is a professor of educational psychology in Auburn’s College of Education and the executive director of O Grows

From the beginning, O Grows in Opelika, Alabama, has focused on community, partnership and philanthropy — people helping people.

June 28, 2024

An Auburn researcher is examining the effects of habitat management on wildlife communities.

June 21, 2024

Jean Fantle-Lepczyk (left) and Chris Lepczyk (right) mount a game camera to a tree for wildlife research.

Researchers in Auburn's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment say that human interaction and wildlife presence go hand in hand, especially during a global pandemic. Recent studies at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center reveal the importance of using a citizen science framework to conduct research and outreach.

June 20, 2024

a graphic showing a person mowing a lawn

The state of Alabama is home to warm-season grasses that include zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass and centipedegrass, and they all require the same care to make your yard look good. So, what are the best ways to keep it green this summer?

June 12, 2024

Lifetime Achievement Awards Logo

The Auburn Alumni Association recently honored the 2024 class of Lifetime Achievement Award and Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients.

June 05, 2024

Emma Jones and Andi Ammons graduate in May 2024

Andi Ammons and Emma Jones are the first two graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science, Early Child Development, designed to help Alabama's goal to serve 70% of eligible 4-year-old children with preschool programs led by accredited teachers.

May 31, 2024

A visitor reads the wall text for the

Auburn museum shows works by pivotal Alabama artists Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett and Joe Minter in spring exhibition, “Black Codes,” guest-curated by Stanford University's Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander.

May 30, 2024

Man saws log outdoors with sawmill

Alabama Extension specialist and CFWE professor Adam Maggard supports landowners and the state's timber industry through the Forestry Business Resources Program.

May 28, 2024

Welcome to Camp Hill sign with slogan small town, big dreams

Master of Community Planning students spent the spring semester in Camp Hill, working with residents and community partners to develop a resiliency plan for economic, environmental and social challenges.

May 28, 2024

Lucky Umezulike

Before he came to Auburn to earn a doctorate in public administration and public policy, Lucky Umezulike was an established change agent in Nigeria.

May 23, 2024

Harry Coker, Jr. and Frank Cilluffo

Transparent, accountable and evolving. That's how White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. described the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan at a special forum Wednesday in Washington, D.C., hosted by Auburn University's McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.

May 23, 2024

Two men and one woman look at maps while outdoors

Auburn DVM graduate Shaina Craige's career has taken her around the globe as she's advocated for healthy outcomes for people, animals and the planet.

May 23, 2024

Listen to the Memorial Day edition of the Everything Auburn podcast, featuring the Veterans Resource Center.

May 22, 2024

Check presented to AUMC Good News Center

A donation from the College of Human Sciences' Grantmaking for Philanthropists class to the Good News Center at Auburn United Methodist Church will allow the church to strengthen its food pantry ministry.

May 21, 2024

Man and woman holding award outside on steps

Extension Specialist Nancy Loewenstein's invasive plants expertise and community impact earns her an outstanding alumni award.

May 09, 2024

Three men with cow during rodeo

Auburn University alumna and Clinical Assistant Professor Jessica Rush serves as the official veterinarian of a top rodeo.

May 08, 2024