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Auburn University achieves research milestone with ‘R1’ Carnegie classification

December 17, 2018

In another affirmation of its drive forward to excellence, Auburn University achieved a research milestone Friday - being elevated to an “R1” institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Family receives holiday miracle with dog’s successful skull tumor surgery

December 17, 2018

If at the heart of every miracle is transformation of a hopeless situation, then the Vinson family of Phenix City, Alabama, received their miracle with the successful skull tumor surgery for their dog, Scooby.

Woltosz shares lessons with Auburn University’s December 2018 graduating class

December 15, 2018

Nearly 50 years after earning his degree from Auburn University, Walt Woltosz returned to The Plains Dec. 15 to deliver a commencement address to the university’s newest graduates. Woltosz shared some of the lessons he’s learned – the ones he believes helped shaped his life – since earning his degree in aerospace engineering in 1969.

Auburn weed scientist, colleagues tackle troublesome turfgrass weed

December 14, 2018

A team of university scientists from across the U.S. is waging a nationwide offensive against a dastardly weed that the turfgrass industry in Alabama and beyond deems Enemy No. 1.

Auburn University selected for prestigious Churchill Scholarship program

December 14, 2018

Auburn University has been selected to participate in the prestigious Churchill Scholarship program in which students are eligible to apply for graduate studies at the University of Cambridge’s Churchill College in the United Kingdom.

Auburn researchers suspect additional rules for player safety could decrease college football fandom

December 13, 2018

News of traumatic brain injuries and suicides among professional and college football players has made many question the violent nature of the game. Rule changes, such as the NCAA’s targeting rule, have been imposed to promote player safety, and yet concussions continue to occur.

Joseph Koepper is pictured in a greenhouse with plants.

Auburn University’s Kloepper named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 13, 2018

The National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, has named Joseph Kloepper, a professor of plant pathology in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, as one of the association’s 2018 fellows.

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