UA Researcher Helps Find Cause of Channels on Antarctic Ice
A researcher at The University of Alabama is part of an international team that found the cause of long, potentially damaging channels on Antarctic Ice Shelves.
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UA to Launch State’s First Educational Neuroscience Program
Undergraduate students at The University of Alabama can enroll in the state’s first educational neuroscience program by the fall 2020 semester.
Online Exhibition Examines Tobacco Companies’ Targeting of Minorities
A University of Alabama professor’s latest online exhibition explores methods used by tobacco companies for years to target African Americans and other minority groups.
UA Offers Membership to National Diversity, Development Center
The University of Alabama is offering faculty the opportunity to join the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development at no cost.
UA Offers Grad Students, Postdocs Free Membership to NCFDD
The University of Alabama is offering graduate students and post-doctoral scholars the opportunity to join the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development at no cost.
UA Leads Effort to Understand Imperiled Mussel Biodiversity
A nearly $1.8 million project led by The University of Alabama hopes to identify the processes and mechanisms that underlie patterns of biodiversity in freshwater mussels to better arm managers of environmental resources.
UA Names Vice President for Research
Dr. Russell J. Mumper has been named The University of Alabama’s vice president for research and economic development effective Jan. 1, 2019.
UA Team Receives $1M Grant to Develop Tool to Combat Opioid Abuse
A research unit at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business received an approximate $1 million grant from the Justice Department to develop a data-driven tool to help officials better understand the scope of the opioid epidemic in Alabama
UA Engineers Part of Research to Maximize U.S. Fuel Economy
Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama will test a blend of a new bio-based fuel and diesel fuel as part of a project to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.
UA Engineers Develop Solution to Child Heat Deaths in Cars
A patent-pending device developed by University of Alabama researchers can alert a cell phone when a human or animal is inside a parked vehicle getting too hot. It monitors carbon dioxide levels from human breath inside the vehicle along with temperature and car movement.