Two UA Teams among Finalists in April 16 Business Competition

Two teams affiliated with The University of Alabama are among nine finalists in a state-wide competition designed to help launch start-up companies.

Busting Bug Love: UA-Based Company Uses Green Technology to Counter Crop Pest

Birth control for moths – that’s one way of describing the focus of a start-up company, based at The University of Alabama, hoping to take a bite out of the approximate $100 billion hole that insects inflict each year via crop losses worldwide.

Campus Scholars, Leaders Recognized at UA Honors Day

The University of Alabama honored its top students of 2009-2010 for their academic achievement and leadership Friday, April 9, during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 5-9.

UA SIFE Team Wins Regional Competition, Heads for Finals

The University of Alabama’s Students in Free Enterprise team won the regional competition in Atlanta this week for the fourth consecutive year and will head for Minneapolis next month for the national finals.

UA in the news: April 9, 2010

Rural Medical Scholars Stay the Course – FreezePruf Protects – Gryska Honored – UA experts – and more …

UA to Host Technology Leadership Conference for Students

The University of Alabama will host the 31st Annual Alabama Technology Student Association State Leadership Conference involving competition for middle and high school students Monday and Tuesday, April 19-20.

COE Does ART Presents ‘Oh Horrors! It’s Murder!’

The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre will perform “Oh Horrors! It’s Murder!” during A-Day weekend this year.

UA in the News: April 8, 2010

AIME center to display student, faculty research for potential investors – Officials will open time capsule on UA campus – UA student creates system to help youths in facilities – MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on campus Friday – and more …

Two UA Professors Win NSF CAREER Awards

The National Science Foundation selected two University of Alabama professors for CAREER Awards totaling more than $890,000 for research projects related to improving future electronics and for investigating terahertz technology, respectively.

UA Engineering Student Wins National Award for Research Paper

Daniel Gerber, a junior in mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was named the second UA student to win the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation International Student Conference paper award.