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UA Researchers Look to Extend Shelf Life of Nutritious Vegetables

UA Researchers Look to Extend Shelf Life of Nutritious Vegetables

While helping small farms in Alabama, researchers at The University of Alabama and the University of West Alabama aim to help microgreens, young and tender vegetables packed with flavor and nutrition, extend their freshness after harvesting, along the way improving its value as both a food and agricultural product.

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Golf Fundraiser Supports Therapeutic Services at RISE Center

The RISE Tournament of Champions benefiting The University of Alabama’s RISE Center will be held April 25-26 at NorthRiver Yacht Club.

The Manderson MBA SEC Case Competition team triumphant with the trophy. L-R: Everette Dawkins, Sam Greene, John Clary, Bryonna Rivera Burrows

Manderson Team Wins SEC MBA Case Competition

A team fielded by UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business won first place in the 7th annual SEC MBA Case Competition held at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.

Empowered to Serve: UA Senior Eager for Career in Public Health

Empowered to Serve: UA Senior Eager for Career in Public Health

Joline Hartheimer is under no illusions about her “privileged” upbringing in Northern New Jersey. She says service has helped shape her personal and career goals.

Bringing Tuscaloosa’s History Alive through Animated Maps

Bringing Tuscaloosa’s History Alive through Animated Maps

The stories of three historic figures from Tuscaloosa’s Antebellum past will soon be brought to life in a unique way involving sound, surviving documents and animated maps showing their journeys.

Read and Romp Event Promotes Children’s Literacy

Read and Romp Event Promotes Children’s Literacy

Alabama Project LAUNCH and Help Me Grow, both part of UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, invite the community to attend Read and Romp Tuscaloosa, a free, fun-filled event, to be held April 13.

A graphic that reads "Faculty Research Day, Celebrating Excellence."

UA to Celebrate Research, Creative Activity by UA Faculty

Members of The University of Alabama faculty will be honored for their research and creative contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day.

CCN to Create Vital Learning Opportunities with Nursing Kid

CCN to Create Vital Learning Opportunities with Nursing Kid

The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing will soon add a new, childlike member to its team to prepare future nurses to care for pediatric patients.

EPA Grant Assists in Understanding Wastewater Issues in Rural Alabama

EPA Grant Assists in Understanding Wastewater Issues in Rural Alabama

With a grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, researchers from environmental engineering and geology will build a model to quantify the extent of untreated raw sewage discharges from homes throughout five counties in the Black Belt, an economically depressed region in the state.

A truck that adapts into a mobile hearing clinic parked.

Listen Up — Bama Blitz Backs Hear Here Alabama Mobile Clinic

The College of Arts and Sciences is asking the public to help expand the Hear Here Alabama mobile audiology clinic’s mission and reach as part of Bama Blitz, UA’s online fundraising event for alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends.