Independence Day Brings More Traffic Fatalities

Independence Day Brings More Traffic Fatalities

During the past five years, the five days around the Fourth of July averaged three fatal crashes a day, 29% higher than the average of fatal crashes per day the rest of the year, according to a study by UA’s Center for Advanced Public Safety.

The manager of The University of Alabama's GulfQuest office smiles in a meeting.

With Key Leader in Place, UA Ready to Strengthen Ties with Mobile Area

With a new business engagement and research operations manager in place, The University of Alabama’s office in the GulfQuest facility is fortifying existing relationships and pursuing opportunities to help the Mobile area thrive.

An intersection in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, shows traffic lights used in transporation research at The University of Alabama.

Red Light. Green Light.

A team at The University of Alabama is working to modernize traffic lights to become smarter and communicate with vehicles passing through. Changes are needed, they say, to improve the flow of traffic because congested areas have no other option.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Bryant Museum celebrates oldest living football player – Ancient tools at Moundville – UA researchers study ancient forests

Dr. Sharlene Newman

Cognitive Neuroscientist to Lead the Alabama Life Research Institute

After a national search, Dr. Sharlene Newman will lead the Alabama Life Research Institute as executive director, charged with providing a coherent vision for collaborative life research that embraces the full range of disciplines represented on campus while strengthening UA’s research portfolio and profile

A student collects fossil samples from a shale outcrop.

Troublesome Trees: Spread of Forests Contributed to Ancient Extinction

Evidence from ancient rocks in North Alabama show the Earth’s first forest spread rapidly, likely contributing to a mass extinction of shallow marine life some 370 million years ago.

First Animal Not What Scientists Have Long Thought

First Animal Not What Scientists Have Long Thought

The last common ancestor of all animal life was more like modern stem cells and not a clump of similar cells, as has long been thought.

A student works the controls of a metal, 3D printer.

Office for Research And Economic Development Launches Strategic Plan

The University of Alabama launched a five-year strategic plan to help facilitate growth and impact of the research enterprise.

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 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.