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Mary Elizabeth, Sarah, Will and Caitlin Haynes came to Auburn University together and they will leave it together.

When the quadruplet children of Tammy and Bruce Haynes of Ohatchee, Ala., were admitted to college on the Plains, each earned the same four-year scholarship.

"Mom and dad told us, you have a scholarship for four years so you have four years to graduate, or you're on your own,"…

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Jules of the South

From Julia Robertson: "At my school we have two oak trees…

AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn equestrian team defeated Georgia, 3-1, in a ride-off competition to win the 2013 NCEA Overall National Championship Saturday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas.

The Tigers also won the Hunt Seat National Championship earlier in the day en route to the overall title.…

Cassidy Caukin, 2010 Radio, Television and Film alumna, has won the New York Festivals "World's Best TV & Films" Silver World Medal for her work as a producer on the 2012 X Games for ESPN.

See the winning video.

The award:

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The Department of Art invites you to the opening reception for this semester's BFA in Fine Arts candidates. This exhibition features artworks by Meredith Johnson, Lacey McLaughlin, Emily Quinn, Tina Speece, and Madeline Sweeney. The opening reception will be held at Biggin Gallery Monday, April 15 from 4 p.m.-6 p.m.…

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Howell Raines, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times, will deliver the 2013 Neil O. and Henrietta Davis Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, April 18, at 6 p.m. in the Dixon Auditorium The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.…

Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences will host the first annual Spring Fling and Outdoor Expo April 5 and 6, 2013 at Crooked Oaks Farm in Notasulga, Ala. The event is being held to raise money for scholarships for the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. Crooked Oaks Farm is…

The Department of Communication and Journalism announced the 2013 initiates into Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association's Undergraduate Honor Society.

To qualify, these students have better than a 3.0 overall GPA and better than a 3.25 GPA in their major courses. They must be in the top 35% of their class and must demonstrate a commitment to the discipline through work and volunteer activities.

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Best-selling detective novelist Ace Atkins is one of five honorees who will receive a 2013 Auburn Journalism Award.

The other honorees are editor and publisher Guy N. Rhodes of The Tuskegee News, sports columnist Mike Easterling, formerly of The Huntsville Times, AU journalism professor Ed Williams, and…

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“Deep Water in the Deep South: Coastal Alabama's Complicated Response to the BP Oil Spill”

A talk by Judith Sheppard (photo right), from the Communication and Journalism Department, College of Liberal Arts.

Introduced and…

Auburn Plainsman: "Auburn University has made plans to remove the poisoned oak trees at Toomer’s Corner, the University said in a press release today." Also, see the O-A News photo collection of…

First, Alabama's student newspaper - The Crimson White - reports on Auburn's new $11 million band practice facility.  The story was more of a tweak to Bama alumni (as in, "Hey, why don't y'all build one of these for our band?") than praise for Auburn.  But, the screaming headline tells the story.  And you can read more in…

Auburn alumna Cassidy Caulkin - RTVF '10, Event Production Assistant at ESPN in West Hartford, Connecticut, has been nominated by ESPN for an Emmy award. She writes, "Found out that 2 of my edits for X Games got submitted for Emmy nominations..pretty cool!" Pretty cool, indeed. War Eagle!…

Daniel Edelman, who built the largest public relations firm in the world, died on January 16, 2013 of heart failure at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He was 92.

Edelman is credited with developing many of the methods now standard in the field of public relations.  He transformed the firm he started more than 60 years ago with two people into a global marketing force with more than 4,500 employees in 66 offices worldwide. ~ Wall Street Journal / Associated…

2012 was an eventful year at Auburn University. Below are the top Featured Stories, Take 5 profiles and Wire Eagle news releases that our readers clicked on this year. Here's to more interesting stories and features in 2013. War Eagle!  (Source:  Auburn OCM)

Top five most-read Featured Stories…

Alabama small-business owners must plan for the impact that changes in federal health care laws will have on their businesses. While the majority of the new taxes, mandates and administrative requirements begin in January 2014, some major provisions take effect in 2013.

A webinar scheduled on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. will offer practical guidance for business owners. The webinar is sponsored by the …

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Help identify these persons of interest.  Anyone with information about these individuals or the incident should call Auburn Police at (334) 501-3100.…

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University's College of Architecture, Design and Construction programs continue to rank among the nation's best. In the annual DesignIntelligence magazine survey, "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools 2013," the college's undergraduate Architecture and graduate Landscape Architecture programs and both the undergraduate and graduate Industrial Design programs are ranked in…