UA Teams Among Winners in Launchpad Business Competition
Half of the eight finalists in a state-wide competition designed to help launch start-up companies have ties to The University of Alabama, including both the second and third-place teams.
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UA Economists See State’s Economy Continuing to Contract in Second Quarter
Slowdowns in consumer and business spending, tightened lending conditions, and a weak housing sector are negatively impacting both output and employment across Alabama. That is the latest update from the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama.
Events Set at UA for Childhood Stroke Awareness Week
The University of Alabama Pediatric Stroke Initiative, a joint project of the College of the Community Health Sciences and the Honors College, will hold events on campus during Childhood Stroke Awareness Week April 27-May 1.
Researchers Study Stream Ecology in the Arctic
A group of University of Alabama researchers regularly endure the Arctic’s frigid conditions to learn more about the relationships between the area’s free-flowing streams and the organisms that survive, even thrive, because of those streams.
Historian Uncovers New Freedoms, Fears among Christians in China
Changes in communist China’s attitudes toward religion have allowed many Catholics to live in the open, but they live in terror – their freedom may be removed at any moment.
Teasing is Good for Social Development, According to UA Communication Studies Professor
Teasing can be a positive experience for children as it teaches them how to show affection and deal with conflict, according to Dr. Carol Bishop Mills, assistant professor in the communication studies department at The University of Alabama.
Students to Present Research, Creative Skills in Annual UA Conference April 13
About 250 students will showcase their research and creative projects during The University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference April 13.
UA Researcher Explores Effect of Rising Sea Level, Carbon Dioxide Levels on Nation’s Coastal Wetlands
A University of Alabama researcher is exploring the effects that rising sea level and greenhouse gases may have on the nation’s coastal wetlands.
UA Professor’s Publications Among Most-Cited Insurance Journal Articles
Dr. Harris Schlesinger, professor of finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, is the author or co-author of three of the top 25 most-cited articles in the top three insurance journals during the period 2000-2004.
Benson Named Vice President for UA Research
Dr. Joe Benson, a long-time faculty member and administrator at The University of Alabama, has been named vice president for research and vice provost at UA.