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Interested in Campus Research Opps? Check Out this Event.

Interested in Campus Research Opps? Check Out this Event.

Students are invited to attend the Faculty Research Showcase Nov. 8 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom to learn more about campus research opportunities for students.

New University of Alabama Program to Expand Research with Industry

New University of Alabama Program to Expand Research with Industry

A new University of Alabama program is designed to strengthen research and development partnerships with industry while accelerating opportunities for students to work on leading-edge solutions to some of society’s most challenging problems.

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UA Part of Tornado Research Project in Alabama

Students at The University of Alabama will observe nearby volunteer households to record how people react to severe weather events as part of research across the Southeast on tornadoes.

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UA Launches Education Research Collaborative with Auburn

The University of Alabama College of Education has forged an innovative research collaborative with Auburn University to address social justice issues in education in Alabama.

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Researchers Develop Tool to Diagnose Dying Forests

Predicting if droughts and heat waves will kill a forest is difficult, but new work involving an engineering researcher at The University of Alabama could help spot problems early to mitigate risks and possibly help restore a forest.

UA Research Looks to Asteroid Belt for Clues on Early Solar System

UA Research Looks to Asteroid Belt for Clues on Early Solar System

By examining meteorites, research led by The University of Alabama is tackling some of the biggest questions of our solar system, chiefly how the make-up of the inner planets formed.

The Ferguson Center on campus of The University of Alabama.

Participants Wanted for Inaugural Faculty Research Showcase

The Office for Undergraduate Research and the Office of Research and Economic Development want members of the faculty to participate in the inaugural Faculty Research Showcase.

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UA’s Black Warrior Review Receives Whiting Honor

Black Warrior Review, an entirely student-run literary publication in The University of Alabama’s English department, is one of five national magazines to receive a 2019 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize from the Whiting Foundation.

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UA Researcher Studies How Obesity, Sleep Affect Chronic Diseases

A UA researcher recently received an NIH grant to conduct a leading-edge study that will investigate the relationship between obesity and sleep and their role in developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

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UA to Lead National STEM Education Project

With two grants totaling more than $4 million, The University of Alabama leads a national effort to continue and expand undergraduate science courses that engage students in active research.