HEADLINES: 2025 Year in Review

Explore this year's 10 most impactful external media coverage of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC).

In 2025, CADC has been making headlines and gaining recognition in the media landscape. From faculty research to student and alumni accomplishment, our community’s innovation, dedication and excellence continue to shine. These top external media hits highlight the wide range of accomplishments of the CADC family. 

A woman examines a large intravenous fluid bag, holding it up and reading the label closely.

Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering Students Collaborate on Surgical Device 
Core77 | September 24, 2025 

A photograph of a projected image on a worn interior wall, displaying an old portrait of a person with the text Out of Whole Cloth beside it.

At Alabama plantation, families of enslavers and enslaved strike a deal  
Washington Post | August 17, 2025 

A man operates a large industrial machine with an orange rolling table in a well-lit workshop.

A CLT press from Kallfass is helping a US university research cross-laminated timber 
The Timber Industry Magazine | June 20, 2025 

A yellow, four-legged Boston Dynamics robot stands on a construction site with metal framing and various building materials in the background.

From dance floor to job site: Auburn University’s robot ‘Mac’ builds interest in AI  
WRBL | June 17, 2025 

A group of people gather outdoors near a modern, dark-colored house and several smaller buildings in a rural area at dusk.
Photo by Timothy Hursley

Family homesteads with tangled titles are contributing to rural America’s housing crisis 
Yahoo | June 11, 2025 

A map of a land with buildings and trees.

Children’s Harbor, Auburn University launch effort to care for chronically-ill children 
WAKA Action News | April 26, 2025 

Two men are standing indoors, one holding a white hard hat with an attached device, while they both look at it and converse.

Auburn University faculty members create device to reduce heat-stress risk for construction workers  
Alabama News Center | April 26, 2025 

A group of people, including a man in a suit at the center, march arm-in-arm during a civil rights demonstration, holding flags and signs in the background.
Spider Martin/Briscoe Center for American History

Newly restored photos show the ruin of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma on its 60th anniversary  
NPR | March 8, 2025 

A woman with long brown hair smiles in front of a blurred background featuring a gold seal and official-looking text.

Auburn University grad becomes youngest licensed female architect in the U.S. 
Archinect News | January 6, 2025 

Six people stand by and inside a partially constructed wooden structure on a trailer inside a workshop. Construction tools and materials are visible in the background.

Gov. Ivey awards HudsonAlpha, Auburn University, $325,000 to develop biobased construction materials  
HudsonAlpha | January 3, 2025 

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