UA Robotics Team Wins NASA’s Grand Prize for Fifth Consecutive Year

UA Robotics Team Wins NASA’s Grand Prize for Fifth Consecutive Year

For the fifth consecutive year, the student robotics team from The University of Alabama won NASA’s grand prize in its Robotics Mining Competition.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Seat belt usage saves lives, according to analysis by UA CAPS — Demonstrations of Choctaw beading, drumming, dancing scheduled for Saturday at Moundville – Grant archives Southern LGBTQ history 

UA-Led Clinical Trial Finds No Difference in Tinnitus Treatments

UA-Led Clinical Trial Finds No Difference in Tinnitus Treatments

A long-awaited, rigorous, randomized clinical trial comparing treatments for tinnitus, a perception of ringing in the ears, found no significant difference in patient outcomes between an innovative treatment and the current standard treatment.

A student conducts a magnetometry survey

On the Hunt for the Remnants of Surviving Slave Houses

After conducting surveys on the Magnolia Grove plantation home in Hale County, second-year anthropology graduate student Natalie Mooney may have discovered a pattern to find other slave houses in the Alabama Black Belt region that have been lost to time.

Dr. Messina will lead UA's College of Arts and Sciences.

Messina Named Dean of UA’s College of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Joseph P. Messina has been named the next dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences.

A person buckles a seat belt inside a vehicle.

Data Shows Buckling Up Saves Lives in Auto Crashes

Nearly half of the people killed in auto crashes in Alabama last year were not wearing a seat belt, according to an analysis of state crash records.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Seat belt usage saves lives, according to analysis by UA CAPS – Grant archives Southern LGBTQ history   

The mollusk pruvotinidae, an aplacophoran Solenogastres taken near Iceland.

Worm-like Mollusks Lost Traits Over Time, UA-led Research Confirms

A perplexing group of worm-like mollusks are not primitive ancestors of the group, rather they lost many traditional mollusk traits over time, according to new evidence.

Mark Crews, of Alabama Power, makes a presentation to UA President Stuart R. Bell and Dr. Russell Mumper.

$1.4 Million Grant Establishes Alabama Power Innovation Fund

The University of Alabama has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Alabama Power Foundation to support business innovation, entrepreneurship, small business growth and talent retention in the state.

A stack of the three books chosen to compete for the prize.

UA School of Law, ABA Journal Name Finalists for Harper Lee Prize

The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law and the ABA Journal have announced the finalists for the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.