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UA Doctoral Student Empowering Older Adults Through Sex Ed

UA Doctoral Student Empowering Older Adults Through Sex Ed

Christina Pierpaoli Parker’s dissertation, “The Senior Sex Education Experience (SEXEE) Study,” currently in proposal, will design, implement and evaluate sex education for older adults, focusing on risk-reduction, improving sexual function, and increasing sexual health communication between older adults and health providers.

Alumnus Launches Leadership, Entrepreneurship Program with Gift

Alumnus Launches Leadership, Entrepreneurship Program with Gift

Jeffrey A. Levitetz has committed $1 million through his family’s foundation to The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences to establish the Levitetz Leadership Program.

UA Researcher Awarded USDA Grant to Improve Flavor Quality in Foods

UA Researcher Awarded USDA Grant to Improve Flavor Quality in Foods

Dr. Lingyan Kong, of The University of Alabama, was recently awarded a $425,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to research and improve flavor use efficiency and stability in foods using supramolecular starch-flavor structures.

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New UA Center to Focus on Water Science and Engineering

A new research center at The University of Alabama aims to improve accuracy of data and reduce uncertainty for water management and emergency preparedness.

UA Recognizes Undergrad Randall Research Award Winners

UA Recognizes Undergrad Randall Research Award Winners

The Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program recognizes and celebrates the best research activity conducted by undergraduate students at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Jalen Drummond Named Forensics National Champion

UA’s Jalen Drummond Named Forensics National Champion

Jalen Drummond received first place nationally for his informative speaking speech on fake news and the spreading of misinformation surrounding the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Students Learn Alabama History Through Plays

Students Learn Alabama History Through Plays

The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance has partnered with the English department to present “Our Tuscaloosa,” a series of three plays that tell the stories of important events in Alabama’s history in celebration of the state’s bicentennial.

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UA Cyber Researchers Delve Into the Dark Web

Students at The University of Alabama monitor network traffic to detect and prevent malicious activity.

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

For the first time researchers studying a deadly virus modeled how it spreads to young trout and salmon in the waters of the Columbia River Basin, showing that migrating adult fish are the main source of exposure.

UA Professor’s Exhibition Bites into Tobacco’s Influence in the Big Apple

UA Professor’s Exhibition Bites into Tobacco’s Influence in the Big Apple

New York City has been home to numerous activist movements. But according to one University of Alabama professor and New York City native, the Big Apple was late to show much activism against one of the leading killers in the United States because of the heavy influence of its producers.