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Dogs at Auburn University are being trained to save human, animal, and plant lives by aiding in the early detection of diseases.

Thanks to the generous philanthropy of alumni and friends through Because This is Auburn — A Campaign for Auburn University, Auburn is the first university in the state to raise $1 billion in a comprehensive fundraising campaign.

Students, alumni, and friends returning to Auburn University’s campus this fall will see steel girders rising toward the sky as the new Mell Classroom Building and Ralph Brown Draughon library renovation takes shape.

When Goodwin Hall, the indoor practice facility for the Auburn University Marching Band, was built in 1974, the estimated number of band members was 200-225. Since then, the band has doubled in size.

Ten birds, six people, and one broken van. That’s the situation the staff and birds of Auburn University’s Southeastern Raptor Center found themselves in after a recent educational trip to Huntsville. You can help get them back on the road.

As part of an April 9 program recognizing 14 honorees of the Black Alumni Weekend Awards Program and in conjunction with Because This is Auburn -- A Campaign for Auburn University, Auburn's black alumni were commended for their collective $3.2 million in campaign giving, as well as challenged to increase their overall participation in and level of support during the remainder of Auburn's comprehensive campaign.

As a result of donor support during Auburn's first-ever "Tiger Giving Day" on Dec. 1, 2015, the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve and Nature Center will dedicate its newly installed spider web climbing structure and picnic area on April 15.

With the selection of Tvsdesign of Atlanta and Wilson Butler Architects of Boston as the architectural team to lead the design of its new performing arts center, Auburn University moves one step closer to realizing the vision for this facility made possible by a $25 million philanthropic gift in 2015 from 1957 graduates John and Rosemary Brown. The university is seeking an additional $15 million in private support to ensure…

Auburn's inaugural, university-wide Giving Tuesday "Tiger Giving Day" effort exceeded expectations by raising more than 126 percent of its original $327,500 goal and fully funding 18 of its 24 college-, school-, and campus unit-based projects through the support of donors making more than 2,400 gifts.