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Students and Professor Gretchen Oliver analyze video inside the lab at Plainsman Park.
Research and Innovation
Data-driven Performance

At Auburn University’s Plainsman Park, fans can catch a baseball game with elite collegiate athletes, and behind the scenes, research is being conducted within a School of Kinesiology laboratory. Student researchers in the College of Education's Sports Medicine and Movement Lab are collecting data on every hit and every pitch and translating that data into meaningful feedback for players and coaches. 

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Think Global, Listen Local

Auburn’s Global Development Solutions Lab brings faculty, graduate students and international partners together to tackle global development challenges. Through community-driven research across Africa, the lab works alongside local organizations to strengthen civil society, build capacity and create solutions shaped by the people who know their communities best.

Research and Innovation
Reading the red

In the feathers of cardinals and house finches, Biological Sciences Professor Geoff Hill is finding clues about health, aging and longer life.

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