AUBURN, Ala. – 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. An interdisciplinary team from the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, and the College […]

Auburn University and Tuskegee University initiated a Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, to expand partnerships between the universities and collaborate on community outreach at a special signing ceremony last week. The MOU is a commitment to blend resources and intellectual capacity to address racial and health disparities in communities across the state of Alabama. Through […]

Auburn President Christopher Roberts joined university administration leaders recently to officially open the campus’ major new classroom and lab building. Roberts was joined by Auburn board of trustees member Elizabeth Huntley and Interim Provost Vini Nathan at the grand opening of the Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex  (ACLC), a 151,000-square-foot facility adjacent to The Edge at […]

More than 5,000 miles from “the loveliest village on the Plains,” Brittany Branyon had a life-changing moment only dreamed about by most educators and students. The doctoral student and mother of two was part of a group of Auburn graduate students on a weeklong study trip to Monrovia, Liberia, when she experienced an “aha” moment. […]

Auburn University’s Rural Studio, an off-campus design-build program, has been selected to receive the prestigious Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in the Architecture and Interior Design category. This marks the first time an academic program has won a Cooper Hewitt award in that category. The program — part of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape […]

The pursuit of adventure and a desire to fulfill a higher purpose has led Auburn alumnus Marc Tunstall through an illustrious career in the military and government agencies, and now is taking him across the globe to the frozen tundra of Antarctica. The 1990 Auburn University graduate has enjoyed a varied and meaningful career since his days […]

Auburn University’s bass fishing team capped an historic season with its all-time best finish at the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops by taking second place in the final season team standings after the two-day event concluded on May 27. The Tigers landed two teams in the top 10 and four in the […]

Researchers in Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) and College of Liberal Arts recently received grants from the National Park Service (NPS) to further their efforts to document and preserve African American and civil rights history. A team of faculty from CADC, including Gorham Bird, Junshan Liu, Hunter McGonagill and Richard Burt, is overseeing a restoration and preservation project throughout Alabama focusing on Rosenwald Schools […]

Auburn University students Logan Parks and Tucker Smith have a million extra reasons to be thankful this week. The Tigers, who are members of the Auburn Bass Fishing Team, hauled in the $1 million first-place prize for winning the Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open National Bass Fishing Amateur Team Championships on Sunday. Parks, a senior, and Smith, a sophomore, […]

The legacy of Harold A. Franklin, Auburn University’s first African American student, will live on forever through a specially designed desegregation marker expanse that was unveiled on campus at a recent celebration ceremony. The area near the marker – adjacent to the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, where he first registered for classes – commemorates Franklin’s courageous […]

To say the Auburn University Bass Fishing Team had a big weekend at nationals would be an understatement. Just days after the talented tandem of Logan Parks and Tucker Smith won the title of Carhartt Bassmaster College Series 2021 Team of the Year, four other Auburn anglers made a big splash at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by […]

Not only are members of Auburn University’s Tiger Excellence Scholars Program (TESP) enjoying their college experience on the Plains, they are thriving and evolving into leaders. Nearly 300 students involved with the program – designed to support the persistence and retention of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, low-income families and first-generation college enrollees – posted a […]

Harold Melton was humbled and thankful during his remarks at the dedication ceremony for the Harold D. Melton Student Center on the Auburn University campus. Melton – the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and first Black president of the Auburn Student Government Association (SGA) – was joined by his wife, Kimberly, parents, Augustus […]

AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University’s long history of helping mold the state’s physicians of tomorrow continues this semester with a talented group of students ready to dedicate themselves to serving their local communities through the Rural Medicine Program, or RMP. As part of a collaboration with the University of Alabama School of Medicine, or UASOM, […]

AUBURN, Ala. – The quest to find more efficient renewable energy sources is growing across the globe, and one Auburn University chemistry professor is dedicating his research to taking the cause to the next level in the coming years. Byron Farnum, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of […]