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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 on Monday afternoon.

Auburn held its 18th annual Faculty Awards on Thursday, Nov. 17, honoring exceptional teaching, research and outreach achievements. The ceremony brought more than 200 faculty members, administrators and guests to the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center as this year’s honorees received their accolades.

The Campus Kitchen, or CKAU, was founded on Auburn University’s campus with two goals in mind—minimize food waste and eliminate food insecurity in the Auburn community. Recently, that effort was bolstered with a big boost of funding for the creation of hydroponic towers on campus, allowing the organization to grow its own produce.

With a novel approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Raj Amin is partnering with the biopharmaceutical company Oleolive to further advance the candidate drug in phase 2 studies.

Auburn University celebrated its more than 3,000 students who identify as first-generation scholars with a special event in recognition of National First-Generation College Student Day on Nov. 8.

The summer before Cameron Monistere started his senior year at Auburn University, he felt a lump in his throat. This was not the anxiety-induced, metaphorical kind. It was a physical one on his lymph node.