More On: Outreach
‘Building’ resiliency in coastal communities
As part of their work for the Front Porch Initiative, four Auburn faculty members help create housing designs that can mitigate rain, wind and flooding damage that result from a hurricane or tropical storm.
Auburn to host cross-laminated timber conference Oct. 7–9
The three-day event will feature renowned experts in forestry, building science, engineering and architecture and design who will share the latest research, trends and developments impacting the advancement of CLT in the South.
BSCI Students Transform Community through Service Learning
Students, faculty and staff in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) are celebrating another successful semester of Service Learning projects.
Alabama Extension and APLA Address Housing Challenges in Underserved Communities
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) and CADC's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture have forged a partnership designed to improve the lives of Alabama residents.
CARV Laboratory’s Traveling Road Show Educates and Entertains
It’s showtime at Montgomery’s Johnnie R. Carr Middle School, and ringmaster Eric Wetzel, an Associate Professor BSCI and founder of its CARV Laboratory, has his young audience in the palm of his hand.
Faculty awarded grant to continue Rosenwald school preservation work
A $750,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) will allow Auburn faculty members to continue their restoration of the Tankersley Rosenwald School in Hope Hull, Alabama.
Strengthening partnerships to develop affordable housing in Selma
When an EF-2 tornado struck Selma, Alabama, in January 2023, it brought terrible destruction to the city, taking broad swaths of trees and homes and endangering hundreds of historic buildings.
Fifth-annual Auburn CityBuilders symposium coming to Birmingham
Economic fundamentals, continued population growth drives Alabama’s commercial real estate development marketplace.
Urban Studio and DesignAlabama Transforming Alabama Communities
Nearly 30 years ago, a partnership between the Center for Architecture and Urban Studies (Urban Studio) and DesignAlabama (DA) began when Urban Studio Founding Director Frank Setzer, AIA, and Philip Morris brought the organizations together.
BSCI Students Impact Community Through Service
Each semester, students in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) have the opportunity to engage in hands-on work with a community non-profit project under direction of BSCI faculty.