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Spray Co-Developed by UA Researcher Improves Plants’ Cold Tolerance
Studies indicate a spray co-developed by Dr. David Francko, a professor of botany and dean of the UA graduate school, increases plants’ tolerance of cold temperatures by several degrees.
Rural Alabama Spot a Candidate Site for Observatory Network to Detect Climate Change Impacts
A remote spot within the Talladega National Forest could serve as one of 20 locations nationally that will detect the ecological impacts of climate change.
Breaking the Mold
Advertising and public relations students are pegged as the creative types most of the time, and Tracy Sims, a public relations instructor, knew the students in her online magazine writing class would fit this label.
UA Hosts Workshop to Introduce Minority Faculty to Engineering
Although almost everything we encounter on a daily basis is composed of glass, ceramics, metals, polymers, or a composite structure, the well-established discipline of materials science and engineering is relatively unknown compared to other engineering disciplines and remains a hidden opportunity for many of today’s students.
‘Blessed’ Army Nurse Awarded Legion of Merit in Campus Event
When duty calls, retired Col. Marietta Stanton answers. As an Army Reserve officer, Stanton, director of UA’s Capstone College of Nursing’s graduate school program, donned a military uniform at least one weekend each month for the past 29 years.
Alabama Construction Industry Gets a Boost from UA’s Newest Program
Michael Smothers became the first student to receive a construction engineering degree from The University on May 10. UA’s program is one of 10 in the country and the only construction engineering program in the Gulf States Region.
Three UA Businesses Sweep Annual Alabama Launchpad Competition
Three teams from UA earned first, second and third place honors in the second annual Alabama Launchpad Business Plan Competition, winning a total of $175,000 in start-up funding.
Caring, Sharing and Preparing to Serve: School of Social Work Hosts First Men’s Issues Conference
Women’s studies. Women’s rights. Women’s resources. Women’s empowerment. These are all topics discussed in professional and academic institutions around the world.
Two Medical School Students Get First-Hand Experience in Rural Health Care Through UA’s TERM Program
Two third-year UA School of Medicine students are getting enhanced training in rural medical practice through TERM – the Tuscaloosa Experience in Rural Medicine, a program of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences.
‘Baby Blues’ of a Different Shade
When you hear “baby blues,” chances are you think of the kind that hit after the baby is born – thanks to all the attention postpartum depression gets in the media and from celebrities like Brooke Shields. But, as one UA researcher found, depression during pregnancy, or prenatal depression, is even more common and can lead to deficits in infant development.
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