USA Team Handball image showing a wheelchair and ball

A trio from Auburn University has been selected to lead the inaugural USA Team Handball Wheelchair National Team.

July 11, 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

Dylan Cardwell with Chef Ana Plana

Auburn's Dylan Cardwell delivers a slam-dunk in the culinary laboratories of the Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management as he brings his Chillin’ with Dylan Instagram feature to the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center.

July 09, 2024

Landscape worker pruning a flower on a college campus

Across the SEC and the country, Auburn graduates are overseeing some of the biggest and most scenic college campuses.

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

Kate Lakis

Before Kate Lakis '24 left Auburn, she wanted to add one more opportunity for pre-law students to develop their legal expertise.

July 09, 2024

Margaret Renkl

Author and New York Times writer Margaret Renkl looks for answers to societal ills in the harmony between humans and nature.

July 08, 2024

Jayson Hill stands in front of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library sign

Jayson Hill, who serves as director of communications and marketing for Auburn Libraries, had a varied and interesting background before going to work on the Plains 13 years ago. He will retire in February 2025.

July 08, 2024

Victoria Ashley reading a book in a chair in the Honors College lounge

Victoria Ashley, an Honors College rising senior studying political science, was awarded Hertog Foundation Political Studies Fellow thanks partly to her profound commitment to political studies and a drive to impact public policy.

July 08, 2024

Steve Li is pictured outside using a drone device.

How does a scientist become a drone enthusiast?

July 08, 2024

Judge W. Keith Watkins at the bench

W. Keith Watkins '73 balances the scales of justice in the Middle District Court of Alabama every day in hope of a better world. The foundation upon which he built that decades-long career serving society from the bench started at Auburn University.

July 01, 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

A researcher is pictured on a beach.

An Auburn faculty member is pioneering natural infrastructure for coastal resilience.

June 28, 2024

Two men work on a small robotic helicopter

Matthew Kirchner will create height-velocity diagrams for various helicopter models — guides for pilots to handle emergency landings and investigate reliable engine failure detection techniques.

June 27, 2024

Concepts of Chemical Engineering, a class open to all majors at Auburn, takes students on a fundamental journey of making coffee while providing them with the basics of engineering principles through repeated experiments.

June 26, 2024

Two sprinters crossing finish line

Makanakishe "Maka" Charamba is heading to Paris this summer to compete in the 200-meter sprint at the 2024 Olympics.

June 26, 2024

A new fund at Auburn is designed to bridge the gap between new business formation and initial seed funding.

June 25, 2024

An arial view of buildings shows people in lines to make the number 45

As the college celebrates its 45th anniversary, graduates from the first graduating class in 1981 remember the program’s humble beginnings.

June 25, 2024

War Eagle is Auburn’s battle cry, but it’s also the name of a unique summer tradition through which first-year students begin their journey with the university.

June 24, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress and brown hair poses for a headshot

Brooke Bailey was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 24, 2024

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

June 21, 2024

Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll was named as the new vice president of Facilities Management. He will assume his new role on Aug. 19

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

Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts is on the cutting edge of rapidly advancing research surrounding biochar and its uses.

June 20, 2024

Brian Boston

Auburn geophysicist Brian Boston was part of a team of scientists that spent 41 days offshore on a research expedition along a Pacific Northwest zone where two tectonic plates secretly slide past each other under water.

June 18, 2024

A brown-haired woman in an orange blazer poses for headshot against a brown background.

After 27 years at Auburn, the director of Risk Management and Insurance is retiring.

June 18, 2024

An AI network-based approach is being used to help predict colorectal cancer risk.

June 17, 2024

A young man stands at the finish line of a race

Meet Ethan Davis, an Auburn student who ran 26.2 miles at the Normandy Running Festival — and he isn't even a runner.

June 14, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress poses for a photo against a brick wall.

Caroline Whiting was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 14, 2024

Prophet Dauda

Prophet Dauda ’24 was raised on stories. From the fireside in a small village in Malawi to Auburn University, the creative writing graduate proves how one person’s story can inspire, entertain and take you across the world.

June 12, 2024

A woman in a hard hat smiles as she picks up lumber on a construction site

Betsy Garcia is an assistant research professor and Extension specialist at Rural Studio, CADC's off-campus design-build program in Newbern, Alabama, where she studies energy usage in affordable housing.

June 12, 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

Charles Gavin gazes out a window

Scholarships make an Auburn education possible for many students, and no one knows that better than Charles Gavin. Because it was the catalyst that brought him to Auburn and the force that propelled him through his college career, scholarships are one way Gavin gives back.

June 11, 2024

an eagle on a post

Learn why the pregame flight at Jordan-Hare Stadium led associate professor Vrishank Raghav to study the flight patterns of birds.

June 11, 2024

a young man works on a machine in Auburn

Auburn will add to its strong prowess in advanced manufacturing with the creation of the Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory.

June 10, 2024

Auburn is part of a national team receiving $5.2 million for specialty crop breeding research.

June 07, 2024

Walton Ferguson

In the fall, recent Auburn graduate Walton Ferguson will begin his journey to complete a doctorate in quantitative psychology.

June 07, 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

J.W. Norris

Recent Law and Justice graduate J.W. Norris '24 will attend the University of Oklahoma to pursue his certification in American Indian Law.

June 05, 2024

Troy Harris

Alumnus Troy Harris lives by the Auburn Creed, evolving from a forester in the trees to a businessman promoting the benefits of locally sourced innovative wood products.

June 05, 2024

Alina Braun BMW

College of Human Sciences' alumna and current head of design research & psychology at BMW Group Design Alina Braun shares how Auburn led her down her career path.

June 04, 2024

A blond woman wearing a blue and white dress poses with Aubie behind a big AU sign.

Kaylen Anderson was recognized as one of four exceptional individuals who were honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

May 31, 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

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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

The Auburn men

On Wednesday, May 29, at the Omni La Costa Champions Course in the California hills between San Diego and Los Angeles, the men's golf team defeated No. 6 Florida State 3-2 to win the 2024 NCAA Championship.

May 30, 2024

Black and white headshots of a woman and a man separated by orange, white and blue diagonal lines

A team of faculty at Auburn was recently awarded $246,000 by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to recruit veterinarians to shortage areas and support existing veterinarians already serving the areas.

May 29, 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

Ribbon Cutting

Located in the former Hood-McPherson Building, this education hub is a vibrant new place for teaching, outreach and collaboration.

May 24, 2024