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Two young women use a hammer and nails to build a structure out of wood
Building Back Stronger

Auburn is changing lives by designing houses that can mitigate rain, wind and flood damage in Alabama and beyond.

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Academics
SEC-winning pitch

In the inaugural SEC Startup Student-Athlete Pitch Competition, it was impressive that two of the five finalists were entrepreneurial teams from Auburn University’s New Venture Accelerator. It is even more notable that one of them won.
Dylan Cardwell with Chef Ana Plana
Auburn Family
Choosing joy in all seasons

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.

Jayson Hill stands in front of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library sign
Auburn Family
Writing his own story

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.
A young woman reads to a group of children in a classroom
Campus Experience
Auburn Education students go to ‘school’

The Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program offers College of Education students valuable classroom teaching experience when school is out for the summer.

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Auburn joins growing college network in support of students from rural areas, small towns
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Epiphany spurs creation of life-changing personal management tools for students and others with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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The complicated legacy of Nutrition Facts labels

Fast Company

Miss Alabama 2024 is an Auburn fan: ‘I just fell in love with the community’

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Affordable Housing Is in Crisis—Can Design Help Solve It?

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NASA selects Auburn mechanical engineering students to contribute to Artemis missions

NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation were after teams of senior and graduate-level engineering students "to develop advanced and innovative design ideas that will help in solving Artemis mission challenges." They went with three: Michigan, Maryland and the school with more than 500 alumni, including six astronauts and three of the 10 Kennedy Space Center directors, Auburn.

July 26, 2024
Spent grain
Impact
Helping a local farmer

The College of Human Sciences Brewing Science and Operations program uses its spent grain food waste to help a local farmer and in turn make a positive environmental impact

July 25, 2024
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Research and Innovation
Empowering families

An Auburn researcher is addressing effective stress management for children with Type 1 diabetes.

July 25, 2024
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Auburn Family
Celebrating summer graduates

More than 1,300 students are expected to graduate from Auburn University this summer during three commencement ceremonies held in Neville Arena on Aug. 3.

July 25, 2024
Man wears navy shirt in front of blueberry plants in greenhouse
Research and Innovation
Promoting blueberry production in Alabama

Researchers in the Auburn College of Agriculture and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are looking for ways to boost blueberry production in the state by introducing more profitable cultivars.

July 25, 2024
The Jule
Academics
Auburn’s art museum curates real-world experiences for interior design, business students

Interior design and business students find an unexpected partner in The Jule Museum when applying classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios as part of their Auburn academic experience.

July 24, 2024
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