Two students will be joining the College of Education this fall as part of Auburn University’s Presidential Graduate Opportunity Program, or PGOP.
October 06, 2023
Soolim Jeong and Chloe Jones, students in the School of Kinesiology, were accepted into the Predoctoral Clinical/Translational Research, or TL1, Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science. TL1 trainees are predoctoral students finishing their second year in a health-related program.
October 06, 2023
Students from Auburn's School of Kinesiology were well represented at this year's annual Southeastern Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, or SEACSM, meeting, held Feb. 23-25. A student poster competition is held annually, and the abstracts of students who indicated their intention to compete go through additional screening to be selected.
October 06, 2023
Students in College of Education teacher preparation programs recently participated in “A Day at Pebble Hill” to tour and learn about the history of the 1847 former plantation cottage in Auburn.
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
Auburn’s College of Education will welcome three Presidential Graduate Research Fellows this fall.
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
School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Mariah Morton was awarded a New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.
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
Marilyn E. Strutchens, Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor and Mildred Cheshire Fraley Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, was recently invited to be a guest lecturer at Columbia University’s Teachers College Mathematics Department.
October 06, 2023
Melody Russell, Alumni Professor and professor of science education in Auburn’s College of Education, was recently appointed to be a visiting scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City this fall as part of her professional improvement leave.
October 06, 2023
Auburn University’s College of Education is wrapping up a banner year, breaking college fundraising records by receiving more than $6.5 million in gifts during the fiscal year.
October 06, 2023
In honor of World Space Week, Oct. 4-10, Auburn is highlighting individuals who are making an impact in the space industry. Associate Professor Dennis Bodewits, an astrophysicist and comet expert, is renowned for his knowledge and research and is working hard to educate the scientists of tomorrow.
October 04, 2023
Smartphones have become an integral part of society's culture, and researchers have linked prolonged use of these devices to depression and anxiety. However, two graduate students at Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering are researching the physical consequences of repeated smartphone usage.
October 04, 2023
Assistant Professor Richard Macatee's latest project will test an intervention model that delivers just-in-time text messages with therapy content to reduce negative feelings and harm in individuals with cannabis use disorder.
October 04, 2023
Huaguo Zhou, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Auburn University, co-authored a handbook aimed at helping state Department of Transportation offices reduce the risk of wrong-way driving crashes. The "Wrong-Way Driving Solutions Handbook," released in August, will be distributed to all 50 state Department of Transportation offices. Zhou said the handbook is the first to target reducing wrong-way driving crashes.
October 03, 2023
To strategically address the nation’s ongoing food security issues, the Office of Academic Insight and the College of Veterinary Medicine are working to develop solutions to increase the number of veterinarians working in food-animal operations, a critical component of food production and human consumption.
September 29, 2023
Faculty and Alabama Extension specialists in Auburn’s College of Agriculture work with farmers to help them adopt conservation practices and tackle social or economic barriers.
September 28, 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
Matthew Yarnold, director of the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL) and an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is working to improve the long-term functionality of bridges in Alabama by focusing on how to improve deck slabs that connect bridge decks without using traditional deck joints.
September 28, 2023
Benjamin Bowers, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE), hopes to provide airports small and large under Federal Aviation Administration authority with a toolkit to assess the resilience of asphalt on airfield pavements.
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
Plants on the rooftop of the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center and Laurel Hotel live far from an ordinary life. They have little respite from the rain, an unrelenting sun and wind that whips through their leaves. Surviving the elements is a tall task for even the hardiest of plants on the Walt and Ginger Woltosz Rooftop Terrace. Luckily, they have a team of Auburn University scientists and students on their side.
September 26, 2023
Two professors in Auburn's College of Education have spent the past year researching the implementation of the CRA-I method with students from Loachapoka Elementary.
September 21, 2023
Blueberry breeding and research at Auburn University received new support in the form of a $5.2 million award from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program.
September 20, 2023
Auburn University has been ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022, a list published recently by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
September 12, 2023
The old adage of not being able to control the weather might be true, but Auburn University researchers are looking for ways to at least mitigate the effects of drought on peanut production.
September 12, 2023
Shay Pilcher took her natural inquisitiveness and desire to solve problems and found a home in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
September 07, 2023
Katherine Sierra, an Auburn University master’s student in food science, has won multiple awards that hinge on her public speaking ability, including a third-place award for her poster presentation at the 2023 Student Research Symposium.
September 06, 2023
Farmers have a hard enough time battling the pests they can see. The ones they can’t see — like plant parasitic nematodes — present another challenge altogether.
August 28, 2023
The Auburn University College of Agriculture and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station were awarded approximately $6 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
August 21, 2023
A group of Auburn University researchers examine the issue of proximity to food resources and waste in a paper published recently in the journal Food Policy.
June 02, 2023
With scientific research and discovery occurring at a dizzying rate, it’s difficult to imagine there are frontiers yet to be fully explored, but the microbiome is one. While microbiomes have always existed, little is known about their function in plants and animals.
May 31, 2023
What happens in a wetland? It’s a simple question with a not-so-simple answer that Auburn University graduate student Olivia LeFevre started studying as an undergraduate under the direction of Associate Professor Thorsten Knappenberger.
May 02, 2023
An Auburn University researcher is seeking to fill a need for rigorous, quantitative evidence of how cover cropping might improve resilience to extreme weather events or conditions.
April 12, 2023
An Auburn University researcher and professor is part of an international team of scientists who are playing a pivotal role in combating a disease that is threatening major tree crops around the world.
April 04, 2023
As Congress begins debating a new Farm Bill — including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — an Auburn University research project reveals one of the effects of stricter work requirements for participating in SNAP.
March 23, 2023
Auburn University is one of four U.S. universities to share in a nearly $2.8 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
March 08, 2023
While controlled environment agriculture or CEA has the potential to improve access to local, nutritious fruits and vegetables on a year-round basis, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with greenhouse production is five times higher than field-grown produce.
February 09, 2023
While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is uncertain. A shortage of this important nutrient could lead to lower crop yields, especially in poorer countries.
January 26, 2023
Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million Department of Energy grant that aims to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock such as legacy waste coal, forest residues and municipal solid waste.
January 10, 2023
