Outreach and Impact
Kelli Russell smiles

A recent report by social science researchers at Auburn and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will inform Gov. Kay Ivey’s strategic economic growth plan, Catalyst, on the agriculture industry.

April 03, 2025

Chris Martin smiles at an older woman in the community center

As an Auburn student, Chris Martin volunteered at the Boykin Community Center, and now that he's a faculty member, he's back at the center leading his students in health care outreach activities.

April 03, 2025

several students stand around a table with young girl sitting

On their third consecutive trip to Children's of Alabama in Birmingham, members of the Auburn University Rocketry Association provided more interactive opportunities for the young patients, including helping them launch their own homemade rockets.

April 01, 2025

weeds wilt after a dicamba application in a field of soybeans

Farmers nationwide will not be permitted to use dicamba herbicide products this growing season. Auburn researchers and Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialists are working to provide Alabama row crop growers with guidance on how to navigate and best manage production without dicamba.

March 27, 2025

Graduate Student Research Assistant sorts through various books Olivia Martín-Piñón

Research from the College of Human Sciences uncovers how reading together boosts early literacy skills and deepens parent-child connections.

March 26, 2025

Young woman standing in front of four small children who are sitting on the floor.

With support from the Russell Medical Foundation, Auburn nursing students and faculty bring health and wellness education to Alabama elementary schools.

March 24, 2025

Chester Higgins visiting his great uncle

Author, longtime New York Times photographer and Alabama Distinguished Artist Chester Higgins toured Alabama in March, sharing with students and residents how to connect people through the power of photography.

March 24, 2025

Ernest Opoku’s journey from Ghana to Auburn, and now to MIT, is one of perseverance, intellectual rigor and groundbreaking research.

March 17, 2025

Emma Chumley, right, and Katie White

Auburn student Emma Chumley created the Auburn Sustenance Project as a class project in hopes of combatting food insecurity in the area.

March 12, 2025

Charles Dunstan

The upcoming book “Arcs & Sparks and Bits & Bytes” will offer a detailed chronological history of this celebrated department, complete with detailed technological breakthroughs, leadership changes and alumni success stories.

February 26, 2025

Randolph Winter holds a skelton of a puppy as colleagues smile

Randolph Winter uses minimally invasive heart procedures to help dogs and cats live longer lives and shares his expertise with colleagues in India.

February 25, 2025

Jason Bryant sits on a desk in a classroom

From rural poverty to ensuring education opportunities for Alabama students, Jason Bryant is grounded in making a difference for students the way his teachers made a difference for him.

February 13, 2025

students in westpoint

Auburn's Engineers Without Borders student chapter continues projects to help communities in rural Tennessee, Guatemala and Bolivia.

February 06, 2025

Fourth-year pharmacy students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to patients on Native American reservations.

February 05, 2025

Scott Deavers flying with his daughter

Alum Scott Deavers, a licensed pilot, has started a business where he uses unmanned drones to help farmers maximize productivity and efficiency in their growing efforts.

January 31, 2025

Signs showing distances to cities nailed to a palm tree at the beach

This summer, students will have the chance to experience a transformative three-week study abroad program in Fiji as guest members of the Mali tribe.

January 21, 2025

Nick Reyzin, Noah Henry and William Abbott posing for photo in front of an Auburn airplane

Nick Reyzin, Noah Henry, Jake Owsley and William Abbott don't call themselves 'heroes.' But the people affected by Hurricane Helene, the Auburn Junior High cross country team and you probably would.

December 18, 2024

Crystal Smith poses for a photo in front of the College of Education

The new Telecare Assessment and Consultation Clinic serves low-income families who have a child with autism spectrum disorder, both in person and through telehealth.

December 11, 2024

The 2024 IQLA honorees with Susan Hubard and Vini Nathan

During a time when the holiday spirit is at its peak in New York City, Auburn’s College of Human Sciences honored two outstanding individuals who represent the best of the human spirit at the 31st annual International Quality of Life Awards on Dec. 9 inside the iconic Rainbow Room.

December 10, 2024

Aubie, Denise McNutt and First Lady Mrs. Roberts hold wrapped packages

Now in its fifth year, OIT's Operation Gratitude is a well-oiled machine, with employees packing 100 boxes with supplies and treats for military service members and another 20 boxes for military K9 service dogs and their handlers.

December 09, 2024

High school students using cell phones in hallway

As schools and statehouses grapple with cell phone use in the classroom, social work researchers in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University have evaluated a promising cell phone ban policy that benefits students and teachers alike.

November 20, 2024

Jay Bland, far right, walks down a sidewalk with three other people

Jay Bland has helped digitize Georgia’s legal system through software like GreenCourt and PeachCourt.

November 15, 2024

Mary Wheelock and Jessie Barclay are pictured together outdoors

Auburn’s College of Education and University Outreach are teaming up to provide a new Rural Teacher Fellowship program that will launch in the spring.

November 14, 2024

A family shops for milk at a grocery store

After receiving a $2.79 million grant from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the Hunger Solutions Institute in Auburn’s College of Human Sciences' Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives program has topped nearly $10 million in overall funding.

November 11, 2024

members of the ROTC at Auburn participate in a run

From its early years as the East Alabama Male College to today’s multidisciplinary research, Auburn University remains a strong supporter of our nation’s military.

November 08, 2024

Logan McCool shows off her Halloween costume

Learn how our students have designed adaptable Halloween costumes for children with disabilities to enhance their trick-or-treating experience.

October 31, 2024

Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center

Jeff Hills recently pledged $10 million to provide more than 300 scholarships to Auburn Engineering students during the next 20 years.

October 25, 2024

A group of young women hold a sign for the Tiger Babies Breastfeeding Support tent

On football gamedays, faculty and students from the College of Nursing volunteer to staff Tiger Babies, SOUND and the new SNASY trailer.

October 21, 2024

three students painting a building

Auburn offers a number of service trips and study abroad programs, giving students opportunities to put their skills to use, benefiting communities close to home and around the world.

October 18, 2024

An Auburn faculty member and students work lead a community member through physical therapy exercises

Supported by the generosity of the Auburn Family, Auburn's distinctive physical therapy program is grounded by experiential learning and meaningful community impact and fueled by real-world research.

October 17, 2024

Four people stand in a grocery store aisle

Professor Veena Chattaraman brings her creativity and scientific expertise to research focused on consumer and health technologies. She aims to reduce older adults’ barriers to using AI and improve rural communities’ access to health and nutrition information through AI-powered technologies.

October 15, 2024

A group of students stand outside a building holding a sign

For the past two decades — following the expansion of Korean automakers and suppliers into Alabama and Georgia — Auburn University Outreach’s Korea Corner has helped educators gain perspective about their Korean students who moved with their families.

October 11, 2024

An artist rendering of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program

October is National Physical Therapy Month, and Auburn is gearing up to launch its inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy program next summer.

October 08, 2024

A mixed media collage that features a face, leaves, a figure from ancient Greece and a high-heeled shoe

Inspired by the Auburn Creed, the museum presents exhibitions centered around the theme of "work" for the 2024-25 academic year. Artist Rachel Libeskind incorporates API-era research and found objects in her commissioned project for Auburn.

October 08, 2024

Daniel Lawson

For the past week and a half, a School of Kinesiology post-doctoral researcher and member of the Georgia Army National Guard Company has been helping with Hurricane Helene clean up efforts in southeast Georgia.

October 07, 2024

Pengyu Chen, the Francis Family Associate Professor and Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow in the Department of Materials Engineering, believes he'll soon be able to immediately unlock the secrets of your immune system with the prick of a finger.

October 03, 2024

Photo of the Rainbow Room at the 2023 IQLA Awards

In its 31st year of the International Quality of Life (IQLA) Awards, the college will honor Scott Hamilton, highly decorated male figure skating luminary and cancer patient support advocate and activist, as the 2024 IQLA Laureate recipient and Billy Reid, most famously known as a multiple award-winning fashion designer and founder and designer of the iconic Billy Reid brand, with the 2024 IQLA Lifetime Achievement Award.

September 25, 2024

a young man works in a server room

From electronic devices we rely upon, vehicles we drive, food we consume, electric substations we use to life-changing decisions made in voting booths, Auburn researchers are on the front lines to prevent potential cyberattacks.

September 24, 2024

Gary Godfrey with Austin Hill

New Realm Brewing–Auburn will host Ales for ALS Fest on Friday, Sept. 27, as a portion of each beer sold will go toward supporting ALS research. Current brewing science and operations graduate student Austin Hill created the beer recipe for the event.

September 12, 2024

Sofia Sierra in the laboratory taking samples from test tubes

Sofia Sierra, a first-year doctoral student in the College of Agriculture, is researching how to make infant formula safer by eliminating harmful, heat-resistant bacteria using cold plasma technology.

September 11, 2024

Hugh Freeze speaking at podium

Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze and his wife Jill took time to share about family life and football as the keynote speakers at the “Fall-Star” Supper hosted by the Women’s Philanthropy Board in the College of Human Sciences.

September 11, 2024

Nursing students and Chambers County EMS help a patient from her home

Auburn is on a mission to build resilient communities throughout Alabama with several programs that bring research and outreach work to rural areas across the state.

August 30, 2024

Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha as Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop

Theatre and Dance faculty traveled across the country this summer to bring the Bard's work to life at the states' annual Shakespeare Festivals.

August 28, 2024

Auburn's EAGLES program has been nominated for a Chick-fil-A 2024 True Inspiration award, which includes a philanthropic grant. The Auburn Family can help the EAGLES program win the top award by voting in the Chick-fil-A app Sept. 3-30.

August 26, 2024

Two young men smile as they hold a snake

For students studying forestry and wildlife sciences, completing long days of summer practicum at Solon Dixon Center in south Alabama is both a rite of passage and a graduation requirement.

August 21, 2024

A woman sits at a table and signs books for other women in line

The annual Alabama OLLI Day celebration welcomed back Auburn alumni Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl to the Plains as speakers.

August 20, 2024

A little girl looks at an aquatic specimen with her camp counselor.

Auburn's summer camps fill up quickly and draw students from across the United States. Explore and learn with them by scrolling through a photo essay.

August 15, 2024

Gretchen Oliver in her lab.

Gretchen Oliver’s life motto is “be better tomorrow,” and it’s a motto that she has been striving to instill in her students in Auburn’s School of Kinesiology for the past decade.

August 12, 2024

A pharmacy student works with Alabama residents during an AU-SHIP outreach event

A partnership between Auburn's Harrison College of Pharmacy and the Alabama State Health Insurance Assistance Program has helped Medicare patients across Alabama for a decade.

July 31, 2024

A woman stands in a creek with a large hill and trees behind her

As an outreach project manager with the Water Resource Center, Laura Cooley is currently spearheading the Moore’s Mill Creek Watershed Project right here in Lee County.

July 28, 2024