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UA Satellite Team Offering Virtual Space Lessons

A team of students at The University of Alabama building a small satellite as part of a NASA program are continuing their outreach efforts to state schools during the COVID-19 pandemic through online lessons.

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UA Helping Fabricate Protection for Health Care Workers

The University of Alabama community has come together to help provide 3D printed personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers locally and in the region.

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Aldag Business Competition Moved Online

The University of Alabama’s annual celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation, the Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition, is moving online.

Statistics Professor Chosen as UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner

Statistics Professor Chosen as UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner

The Southeastern Conference announced that Dr. Subha Chakraborti, professor of statistics and Morrow Faculty Excellence Fellow, is the 2020 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner for The University of Alabama.

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UA Program Helps Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

The Alabama Small Business Development Center Network, based at The University of Alabama’s Office for Research and Economic Development, is providing direct assistance to small businesses in Alabama in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UA to Study How Emotions Impact Behavior to COVID-19 Pandemic

A psychology researcher at The University of Alabama was awarded a federal grant to study how people’s emotions influence their response to the spread of the novel coronavirus.

UA Experts Available to Discuss Issues Around K-12 School Closures

UA Experts Available to Discuss Issues Around K-12 School Closures

Faculty at The University of Alabama are available to discuss aspects of continuing the school year remotely across the state.

Concern for Students Driving Creative Solutions to Continuing Semester

Concern for Students Driving Creative Solutions to Continuing Semester

As UA moves to remote instruction to finish the semester, the faculty has kept student needs at the forefront of decision making.

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With Schools Out, Parents Encouraged to Help Learning Continue

Parents are crucial in maintaining a routine and engaging children in educational activities.

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Range Boost

A solution developed from research at The University of Alabama would give drivers of electric vehicles the confidence and freedom of a gas-powered vehicle without requiring breakthroughs in batteries or a costly overhaul of the transportation system’s energy infrastructure.