Recipients named for Auburn’s 2025 Research and Creative Works Internal Awards

6/25/2025

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First-generation Auburn student turns passion for politics into a global future
Joseph Weston, a political science student from Heflin, Alabama, chose Auburn for its proximity to home, substantial financial assistance and strong engineering program. Little did he know it would lead to newfound dreams of working in political science.
Architecture, History faculty awarded Auburn Creed Grant for historic preservation pilot
Two Auburn University faculty members are testing Alabama’s first Historic Preservation academic program to research disappearing Rosenwald Schools.
Auburn French professor named Knight in the Order of Academic Palms
Endowed Alumni Professor of French Evelyne Bornier has been named a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Republic.
Auburn University professor inducted into Parlement des Écrivaines Francophones
Evelyne M. Bornier, professor of French in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has been inducted into the Parlement des Écrivaines Francophones.
Faculty Spotlight: Duha T. Altindag, Department of Economics
Altindag, an associate professor, studies labor economics and the motivation of politicians.
Auburn University announced as new member of National Academies’ Gulf Scholars Program
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have awarded Auburn $550,000 over the next five years to establish a Gulf Scholars Program on campus.