Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research with the Auburn Aquaponics Project at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center. Xavier Rios Flores and Faustin Mukunzi recently spent a semester working on projects in aquaponics and hydroponics that were inspired by their home countries.
December 14, 2023
An episode of Planet Earth III airing in the U.S. this Saturday, Dec. 16, was made possible with the help of Assistant Professor Clint Penick in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
December 14, 2023
A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But the story of Leanne Dillard is quite different. Early in her life, she wanted nothing to do with agriculture. So, how did she end up an Alabama Extension forage specialist and college professor?
December 13, 2023
A revolutionary means to safely meet the extreme demands of pulse-power electrical systems was demonstrated on Dec. 7.
December 12, 2023
Renowned sleep expert Mona El-Sheikh, the Leonard Peterson & Co. Inc. Professor in Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences, has been working over 20 years to unravel lingering questions about children’s sleep: a topic that piqued her interest, in part, because of sleep’s primacy in our lives.
December 08, 2023
Pharmacy's Salisa Westrick received $1 million in funding from the CDC to address immunization inequities and disparities through community pharmacies.
December 07, 2023
Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment received a five-year project from the Alabama Department of Conservation of Natural Resources. Led by Jonathon Valente, assistant research professor, the study examines habitat management effects on wildlife in Alabama's Wildlife Management Areas. Using a variety of research methods, Valente's team will assess how wildlife communities are responding to management changes and evaluate outcomes.
December 07, 2023
The unusually high mortality rate of largemouth bass across all stages of production makes it a challenge for farmers to raise this fish for profit. Researchers at Auburn University hope to expand production of largemouth bass in Alabama and the U.S. by solving the problem of high mortality rates.
December 07, 2023
Auburn’s Tigers United recently signed a IMOU with India’s Forest College and Research Institute Hyderabad to promote tiger conservation through student scholarship, thus furthering the mission of the Tigers United University Consortium.
December 07, 2023
In the $1.5 billion U. S. aquaculture industry, largemouth bass production is a small fry.
December 06, 2023
The Vehicle Research and Innovation Laboratory project is proposed as a testing facility to address challenges faced by transit vehicle manufacturers in adopting low- or no-emissions technologies. The project will have a multi-axle dynamometer, designed for full-sized transit vehicles within an environmental chamber, along with areas for component and engine testing, data analytical space, and general office space.
December 04, 2023
Surachat Ngorsuraches, associate professor in the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy, recently received the 2023 Frontier Award in Value Assessment from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation for his project titled “Using Patient-Centered Multicriteria Decision Analysis to Assess the Value of Multiple Sclerosis Treatments: Voices from the Deep South States."
December 01, 2023
Dr. Frank “Skip” Bartol, a member of the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine faculty for 40 years and currently Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, has been named the 2023-24 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecturer at Auburn University.
December 01, 2023
Joe Majdalani, the Hugh and Loeda Francis Chair of Excellence in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, recently delivered the 2023 von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics, a prestigious lectureship hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
November 30, 2023
A researcher in the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center is looking for individuals, who are at least 50 years old, to potentially participate in a brain imaging study of the effect of trauma and PTSD on the brains of older adults.
November 28, 2023
Alicia Powers receives Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award
November 27, 2023
Adrienne Duke-Marks, an associate professor and Extension specialist in the College of Human Sciences, is the 2023 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach. She was honored at the annual Auburn University Faculty Awards on Nov. 9.
November 20, 2023
Daowei Zhang, the Alumni and George W. Peake Jr. Professor and associate dean of research in Auburn University’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE), has been honored as the recipient of Auburn’s 2023 Creative Research & Scholarship Award in the Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering and Agriculture.
November 17, 2023
A major research center within Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has been renamed the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center to highlight its renewed focus on solving critical neurological health challenges.
November 17, 2023
The newly reinforced pipeline between Auburn Engineering’s next-generation resources, faculty and students, and Huntsville-based defense agencies is officially on full blast. Partnered with leading Huntsville energy consultants Trideum Corporation, the new Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) will facilitate a $1.1 million award supporting the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center’s Mission Based — Multi Domain Operations Test Environment.
November 16, 2023
How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household food products? Associate Professor of History Xaq Frohlich’s book, “From Label to Table,” explains the political, scientific and economic power struggles that led to the ever-present food label.
November 15, 2023
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Board of Direction recently presented the Mete A. Sozen Award for Excellence in Structural Research to Andy Nowak, chair of Auburn University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Robert W. Barnes, professor in civil and environmental engineering and Victor Aguilar Vidal, an assistant professor in civil engineering at the Universidad de Concepción in Concepción, Chile who earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Auburn in 2018 and a doctorate in civil engineering in 2020.
November 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced an investment of nearly $22 million in agricultural economics research that includes agricultural markets, international trade, farm labor, consumer behavior and nutrition, food retail, agricultural production and processing and agricultural policy.
November 08, 2023
This week’s segment of the Everything Auburn podcast delves into the research of one of Auburn's rockstar professor experts, Amit Morey, and his work in improving the quality and safety of poultry products. Morey is an associate professor of poultry science in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, and his research is a great example of how Auburn is at work in advancing solutions through innovation.
November 07, 2023
Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business has formally launched a doctoral degree in supply chain management, making it the fourth Ph.D. program in the college.
November 07, 2023
Auburn faculty members Jada Kohlmeier and Steven Brown have been awarded more than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct virtual professional development with secondary social studies teachers from across the nation.
November 06, 2023
A nearly half-a-million-dollar grant will allow Auburn University professors and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers to help blueberry growers in states like Alabama where growing the fruit has its challenges.
November 06, 2023
From Argentina to Alabama, Celeste Iglesias followed a passion for studying sustainable wood products, which has led to a professional career in sustainability, complete with industry accolades.
November 03, 2023
While smash and grab attacks, rising shoplifting and nagging inflation get all the headlines, research by Harbert professors Linda and O.C. Ferrell reveals that these and many other reasons retailers often give for their store closings and openings fail to paint the whole picture. Retail has changed dramatically – and we aren’t likely to return to the “good old days” of packed malls and long lines at big box stores this coming holiday season.
November 03, 2023
Steve Pelham, Auburn University's associate vice president for economic development, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Corridor.
October 27, 2023
Wenying Li, an assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology and a researcher with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, is the leader in a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
October 26, 2023
Gary Piazza is a highly respected cancer investigator with over 35 years of research experience. At Auburn’s Harrison College of Pharmacy, he leads a multidisciplinary team in the newly created Cancer Research Center, seeking solutions to some of the most fatal cancers.
October 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced an investment of nearly $22 million in agricultural economics research.
October 26, 2023
Khosravi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has a goal to research flexible burrowing probes for site investigation and underground excavation. These probes are crucial for various development projects, including underground structures, buildings, dams and pavements, as they determine soil characteristics.
October 24, 2023
Highlighting Alabama Extension Week
October 19, 2023
A doctoral student collaborated with an international team to dive deeper into whether the COVID lockdown actually improved air quality around the world.
October 19, 2023
Auburn Professor Guillaume Laurent conducts research similar to the kind that recently garnered a team of scientists the Nobel Prize for Physics. In this Expert Answers Q&A, the physics professor explains the award's significance and how it may contribute to society.
October 19, 2023
The U.S. Army is again asking Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) to help keep its caissons rolling toward the cutting edge.
October 18, 2023
Participants are invited to join a study with the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Dr. Amal Kaddoumi related to brain health and Alzheimer’s disease.
October 18, 2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 18, 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
Doctoral student Brock Herron has spent the last four years studying how to safely transport food — first in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture as a master’s student in poultry science where he won the Master’s Thesis Award and currently within the Harbert College of Business’s Supply Chain Management program where he is a Presidential Scholar.
October 13, 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
Jaime S. Miller, director of Academic Support within the Office of the Provost, was awarded the Hunter Boylan Research Scholarship at the International College Learning Center Association awards banquet.
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
What's Working With Cam Marston
October 09, 2023
A research team in Auburn University’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) is working to find solutions to an increasing threat to pine forests—needle blight.
October 06, 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
School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Sarah Brinkerhoff was named one of Auburn University’s Outstanding Doctoral Students for 2022-2023. Brinkerhoff was selected by a special committee of the Graduate Council for the quality of record she has established at Auburn and reflects exception and positive credibility on her advisor, Dr. Jaimie Roper, and the School of Kinesiology.
October 06, 2023
