Black News & Views: Fame and riches are no match for the Black maternal health crisis

9/4/2025

Charlotte Tuggle, Director
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CLA Office of Communications and Marketing
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Critical Role, Critical Lessons: Matthew Mercer Talks Story and Community
Matthew Mercer, acclaimed voice actor and founding member of Critical Role, discussed storytelling, creativity, and the power of community through tabletop gaming with Jean W. Liles Professor of English Emily Friedman at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center.
O'Brien receives one of only three NEH grants in Alabama
The $99,000 grant will support her project “Building Lasting Bridges: German and Engineering at Auburn University.”
The New York Times: Can grunting during exercise give you an edge?
Lanier Endowed Professor Mary J. Sandage discusses how breathing and grunting could affect physical exercise performance.
Yahoo: Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast
The New York Times: Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It?
In a guest essay for The New York Times, Professor of Philosophy Elay Shech discusses how naïve faith and wholesale pessimism aren't the only options when it comes to science.
History PhD recipient selected as a winner of distinguished dissertation award
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Swartzer has been selected as one of six winners of the 2021 Auburn University Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award.