UA, Auburn Collaborate on ‘House United’ Habitat Project

Ten University of Alabama students and faculty are joining with counterparts at Auburn University for the third “House United” project sponsored by the Alabama Association of Habitat for Humanity Affiliates, the Lee County Habitat for Humanity and Geordan Communities.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Educated Guesses 2014 offers predictions for the new year – UA chemist leads supercomputer effort to aid nuclear understanding – UA/AU students build Habitat house – Study looks as dangers of holiday driving – Engineering research on renewable energy systems leads to patent – UA experts comment on Santa’s ethnicity, holiday shopping, creating holiday traditions, healthy weight loss and snoring

Educated Guesses 2014

For the 33rd consecutive year, The University of Alabama’s Office of Media Relations offers predictions from faculty experts for the coming year.

UA Matters: How to Lose Weight in a Healthy Way

Losing weight tends to be a popular New Year’s resolution or goal. But there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to go about achieving that goal. The University of Alabama’s Sheena Quizon Gregg shares a few tips on how shake loose those extra pounds in a healthy way. Avoid Skipping Meals. Avoid

Shaping Safer Scans

Shaping Safer Scans

A patented technique relying on shape manipulation of nanoparticles offers potential for safer MRIs.

UA Chemist Leads Supercomputer Effort to Aid Nuclear Understanding

Two of the nation’s fastest supercomputers will aid a research team, led by a University of Alabama computational chemist, in guiding both the development of new nuclear fuels and clean-up efforts from past nuclear fuel and weapon production.

UA in the News: Dec. 13, 2013

UA students film comedy about zombie chasers – UA nurse practitioner speaks at conference – UA cartographer helps Chilton County convert records to digital format – and more…

Two UA Engineering Students Awarded National Scholarships

Two students studying metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama were recently awarded prominent scholarships within the metalcasting industry.

IceCube Collaboration, Involving UA Scientists, Awarded Breakthrough of the Year

An Antarctic observatory, a massive, collaborative effort including University of Alabama researchers, was selected as the Breakthrough of the Year for making the first observation of cosmic neutrinos but also for overcoming the many challenges of creating and operating a colossal detector deep under the ice at the South Pole.

Winter Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 2,150 degrees during winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 14, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 234,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: City State Zipcode Name