UA-affiliated Company Finalist in Clean Energy Business Contest
A start-up company, e-Electricity, based on research at The University of Alabama, is a finalist in a clean energy competition supported by the United States Department of Energy.
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UA Student Wins NSF Dissertation Grant for Archaeological Investigation of Louisiana Salt Trade
Paul Eubanks, a doctoral student in The University of Alabama’s anthropology department, has received an $18,000 Dissertation Improvement Grant by the National Science Foundation for a project that explores the history and impact of the salt trade in northwestern Louisiana during the 18th century.
UA Students to Present Research Findings at National Conference
Eleven University of Alabama undergraduate students will present their research findings April 3-5 at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Three UA Teams Win Culverhouse Business Plan Competition with Innovative Ideas
Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s Edward K. Aldag Jr., Business Plan Competition.
The Smallest Victims
Standard interview approaches used in child abuse cases too often result in incomplete pictures, says a University of Alabama social work professor researching the typical practices taken with young victims.
UA Researchers to Map West Alabama Food Insecurity
Two researchers in The University of Alabama’s journalism department were awarded $8,000 from the Knight Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to study food insecurity in West Alabama.
UA Names Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2014
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2014 Outstanding Graduate Student awards. The awards will be presented during UA Honors Week, scheduled for Monday, March 31, to Friday, April 4.
UA Researcher Finds Gender Gap in Olympic Coverage is Narrowing
A University of Alabama researcher was part of a team who found that, in the combined 18 nights of NBC’s Sochi Olympic broadcast, male athletes received the plurality of the network’s primetime coverage, but not nearly to the extent of past Winter Olympic analyses.
UA Sports Communication Symposium Set for Feb. 28
The Alabama Program in Sports Communication’s second annual symposium will be Feb. 28 at The University of Alabama.
Biodiversity Experts Head to UA for Edward O. Wilson Symposium
International biodiversity experts will join Dr. Edward O. Wilson, a University of Alabama alumnus, for research presentations and forums on the state and future of biodiversity April 22-24.