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UA to Lead Study on Irrigation-Fed Farming Impacts in Deep South

Unique research led by The University of Alabama will study whether more irrigation-fed farms in the Deep South could lead to a more robust agriculture industry, possibly becoming an even greater economic engine.

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UA Education Office Helping Districts Navigate Desegregation Orders

Dr. Sara McDaniel, executive director of the Alabama Positive Behavior Supports Office, works with the Jefferson County School District to address its discipline issues while it navigates the terms of its consent decree with the DOJ.

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Six Selected for Alabama Business Hall of Fame

The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business announced six business professionals for induction into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame.

Cold-Tolerant Bumble Bees Focus of UA Research Effort

Cold-Tolerant Bumble Bees Focus of UA Research Effort

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a genetic investigation into whether the environment influences cold tolerance in bumble bees.

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‘The Boat People’ Author Wins Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal announced that Sharon Bala, author of “The Boat People,” will receive the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at an Aug. 29 ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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UA to Implement Telehealth Network to Combat Opioids in Alabama

The University of Alabama will soon begin addressing opioid-related morbidity and mortality in four Alabama counties by developing a community care network to strengthen prevention, treatment and recovery.

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UA Professor to Play Role in Upgrade of Particle Detector in Antarctica

Dr. Dawn Williams, UA professor of physics and astronomy, is part of the team that will upgrade the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the Antarctic detector that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays.

Dr. Richard Friend

Friend Named Dean of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences

A physician with extensive administrative experience in family medicine at two universities and who also spent 10 years in private practice has been named dean of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.