UA Researcher Finds Link between Parenting Styles, Workplace Behaviors
A University of Alabama business researcher studied manager-employee relationships in the workplace and found a link between parenting styles and workplace behaviors.
Research
UA Program Brings Undergrad Chemistry Researchers to Campus
Fourteen college students from a wide variety of academic programs participated in the summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in chemistry at The University of Alabama in 2016.
Identifying a Fast Flier
Can you imagine a dragonfly eating a hummingbird? Spend a few minutes with Dr. John Abbott, who has studied the fast flying insects for nearly 30 years, and you’ll see why he calls them “amazing.”
UA Undergraduate Student Earns Parkinson’s Research Fellowship
A senior microbiology major at The University of Alabama has been awarded a summer fellowship by the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation and American Parkinson Disease Association.
Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab Provides Coping, Research Opportunities
In the spring of 2013, The University of Alabama School of Social Work installed a virtual reality lab in Farrah Hall, becoming the third university in the country to have a social work VR lab. As a research tool, the Virtual Reality lab will allow researchers to expose participants to stimuli that otherwise may be
UA Trustees Establish Sport Technology Research Center
The University of Alabama will be home to a new center whose researchers will study the intersection of sports and technology, involving Crimson Tide athletics in an innovative approach to improve training and performance of athletes across the world.
Spin-off Company to Market, Sell UA-Developed Product
The University of Alabama licensed the technology behind a collapsible sideline tent designed to give better medical care to athletes to a spin-off company that will develop, market, manufacture and distribute the tent.
UA Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Everglades’ Greenhouse Gases
Two University of Alabama researchers, along with their collaborators, recently received $834,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue their study of greenhouse gases in the Everglades.
UA Psychology Professor Garners NIH Research Award
Dr. Ian McDonough, assistant professor of psychology at The University of Alabama, has been named a winner of the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Honors, a paper competition of the National Institutes of Health.
AIME Day
Students and faculty from across The University of Alabama competed in business plan competitions and showcased emerging technology at AIME Day, an annual pitch and demonstration expo for inventors and entrepreneurs at UA and economic development officials in Alabama.