Discovery

UA and USGS officials cut ribbon on Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility

USGS, UA Celebrate Opening of World-Class Hydrologic Facility 

The Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility will advance innovation, boost economic development and launch the next generation of scientists.

The view of a road submerged in the sea at high tide

Interactive Map Shows Thresholds for Coastal Nuisance Flooding

Researchers used machine learning to calculate sea level rise and high tide flooding thresholds along U.S. coast.

Members of the Kumar Lab

UA Professor at the Cutting-Edge of Medicine Design

Dr. M.N.V Ravi Kumar’s passion for bringing together multiple health disciplines to find solutions is infectious.

Dr. Joshua Bittle, Dr. Ajay Agrawal, John Driscoll, Dr. Brian Boudouris, and Tim Haskew, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering stand in front of the diesel combustion lab

University of Alabama Researchers Tackle Idling Diesel Emissions at Ports

UA engineering researchers will develop and test a new way to tackle diesel emissions during idling conditions.

An OPEN sign hanging on the front door of a small store.

Small Businesses Get Training Boost from Alabama SBDC

Initiative will support training and one-on-one advising for Alabama small businesses.

A wall in Cyber Hall that reads "building a more secure tomorrow"

UA Launches New Center for AI Research and Development

UA is setting a new standard for AI research as part of a campus-wide collaboration.

Seventy percent of federally endangered golden-winged warblers winter in areas of increased suitability for cocaine trafficking.

Cocaine Trafficking Threatens Critical Bird Habitats

UA professor’s research suggests U.S. drug policy may hamper biodiversity and conservation efforts.

A female college student poses for a photo in a chemical engineering lab

Senior Seeks Out New Challenges in Path to Med School

Mountain Brook native Kyra Berger will enhance her undergraduate research experiences later this month at the Technical University of Denmark.

Synthetic zeolites made in the lab of Dr. James Harris.

Engineering Graduate Student Wins Department of Energy Fellowship

Ethan Iaia was one of only 86 students selected nationwide for the honor.

two students ice a cake in the Martha Bullen Bostick Foods Science Lab

Appetite for Instruction

Inside Doster Hall in a lab unlike any other on UA’s campus, students learn about the art and science of food.