The Auburn University Spirit of Sustainability Awards program exists to recognize individuals or groups of Auburn University students, faculty, staff, and alumni that exemplify the Auburn spirit by making significant contributions toward sustainability on campus or in a community at any point along the Sustainability Compass: Nature, Economy, Society, individual...
Auburn University non-student employees may submit an application for consideration for the Office of Sustainability's Professional Development Sponsorship Program. The funds support learning opportunities related to sustainability and current job responsibilities, and applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Central on May 31, 2025, to be considered.
Friends and colleagues from across the university and city are invited to join the Office of Sustainability at the retirement reception for director, Mike Kensler. The reception-style event will feature a few words from Mayor Ron Anders, campus collaborators, and an alumna guest. Wear your favorite baseball cap to give Mike...
Featuring objects on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art alongside the university art collection, Women Artists in Ascendance pulls back the curtain on the story of modern American art by displaying works from a dozen women artists who were goliaths in their own right, including Helen Frankenthaler, Grace...
In Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, Catherine Coleman Flowers explores the intersection of environmental issues, civil rights, and social justice through both personal and political lenses. Flowers draws on her experience fighting for vulnerable rural communities of color who lack access to clean, safe environments, weaving...
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Trees are often viewed primarily as natural resources, yet they also hold powerful places in our cultural landscapes and collective memory. Branching Out: The Public History of Trees, a 2025 essay collection from the University of Massachusetts Press, explores trees through...
Mr. Gray, perhaps the most noted civil rights attorney in the nation, will reflect on his unique and storied journey arguing for the constitutional rights of African Americans. In his first ten years as a lawyer, Attorney Gray was legal counsel in what would become four landmark U.S. Supreme Court...
Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Jacqueline Allen Trimble is a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow (Poetry), a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, and an Alabama State Council on the Arts Literary Fellow (2017, 2023). Her poetry...
The Taiwan Center Seminar Series Presents: All Made In Taiwan A seminar, featuring Eric Au, on the development of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan and its impact for the future world. Free and open to all, free lunch included!
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Growing up in Georgia, artist Philip Juras could only dream of the bountiful southern nature that William Bartram documented two and a half centuries ago. Inspired by Bartram’s writing, Philip has created a body of paintings depicting both contemporary and historic...
Taiwan Center and Korea Center joint Moon Festival/Chuseok event with food, games and student performances
The City of Auburn Environmental Services Department hosts two Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days in the spring and fall. These free events give Auburn residents the opportunity to drop off hazardous materials that are illegal to dispose of during weekly garbage collection. We will also accept paper documents for secure,...
