The University of Alabama was recently awarded a patent for a medical privacy tent developed by engineering students and Crimson Tide Athletics, firmly protecting the tent’s unique capability to easily expand or collapse on the sideline of a football field.
The University of Alabama has partnered with the United States Naval Observatory to train UA students in precise timing and time interval technology, which is used in highly precise atomic clocks on which the U.S. military, financial sector, GPS satellites and power grids rely.
The eighth annual Family Night at the Museum will be Feb. 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on The University of Alabama campus. This year’s theme will be “Ocean Explorers,” and the event will include children’s activities developed by more than 20 UA graduate departments.
In response to future energy challenges, chemical engineers at The University of Alabama are creating new materials to more efficiently separate gases related to energy processes.
Students at The University of Alabama can turn their business ideas into realities by winning up to $50,000 in the Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition March 27 at the Bryant Conference Center.
The University of Alabama’s Child Development Resources invites parents and children to its fourth annual lullaby concert Feb. 8 at the Child Development Research Center. This year’s concert will feature Shawn Brown’s “The Super Fun Show.”
The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies will award over $12,000 in new children’s and young adult books to school libraries in the Black Belt region of the state as well as to one school library in an economically deprived area of Alabama outside the Black Belt.
Not all sports fans are suited for the business of sports. Just ask Melvin Lewis, former NFL professional turned professor.
After an internship at Disney during fall and spring of the 2015-16 academic year, Mary Kathryn Poe decided it was where she wanted to end up after she finished her college education. It wasn’t easy, but she made it happen.
For University of Alabama researcher Jamie Mills, there was some trepidation when she learned her daughter, Madalen Yarbrough Mills, was selected to play “Sophie” in the Broadway adaptation of the Jack Black movie, “School of Rock.”