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This week at The University of Alabama: Moundville to host spring events; New College professor named SEC Achievement Award winner for UA, commencement to be held in person at semester’s end.
New College Professor is UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner
The Southeastern Conference announced that Dr. Catherine Roach, professor of gender and cultural studies in New College, is the 2021 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner for The University of Alabama.
New Grant Strengthens Work to Solve Rural Wastewater Challenge
Recently announced federal funding will move forward an ambitious project to demonstrate effective solutions to raw sewage draining into the waterways of the state’s Black Belt region.
In Detecting Particle, UA Researchers Help Prove 60-Year-Old Theory
Two researchers from The University of Alabama are part of an international project that detected a cosmic interaction never observed before, but predicted 60 years ago.
Earth’s Position and Orbit Spurred Ancient Marine Life Extinction
Ancient rocks from Tennessee revealed the Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun controlled the timing of oceanic dead zones in a mass extinction of marine life about 370 million years ago.
UA Researchers Building Communication Robot for Law Enforcement
Engineering and communication researchers at The University of Alabama are building the next generation of affordable law enforcement robotic technology.
Evidence of Predation by Octopuses Pushed Back By 25 Million Years
New research involving the Alabama Museum of National unveiled the earliest evidence of octopus predation in the fossil record.
State Business Leaders Optimistic on Early 2021 Economy
Even with the continued stress from the pandemic, business leaders in the state remained mostly optimistic that their businesses will have a positive start to 2021, according a quarterly survey done by economists at The University of Alabama.
ALRI Strategic Plan to Spur Research to Improve Human Condition
The plan will strengthen UA’s efforts to improve the quality of life across the state.
UA Professors to Study Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications
Selected by the National Science Foundation, the professors will lead a $1.5 million effort to develop an infrastructure for underwater research robots to exchange information.