The National Science Foundation selected a University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor for a CAREER Award for his research into a robotic prosthesis that could help amputees walk better.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Jason Scofield says parents and children can do several things over the summer to help better prepare for a worry-free, stress-free new school year.
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.
Students from several disciplines across The University of Alabama will compete nationally over the next four years to design an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle. The contest, called EcoCAR 3, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co.
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement ceremonies May 2-3 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Laura Bloom offers some creative ways to get those vegetables inside your child and not in the doggie bowl.
Students majoring in fashion design in the department of clothing, textiles and interior design in UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences create garments out of repurposed materials and present them at the annual Tee Time Fashion Show. The designers can use any material, including old T-shirts, coffee filters, newspapers or bottlecaps — they are limited
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named University of Alabama student Jason Arterburn, a junior from Madison, as a Truman Scholar in 2014. He is one of 59 U.S. students to receive a Truman Scholarship this year.
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Dr. Marissa Giggie gives some advice to parents on how to spot depression in teenagers.