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UA Developed App Helps Control Hypertension

A mobile app developed by UA faculty and the Center for Advanced Public Safety is helping individuals manage their blood pressure while providing valuable resources that promote a healthy lifestyle.

Evidence of Predation by Octopuses Pushed Back By 25 Million Years

Evidence of Predation by Octopuses Pushed Back By 25 Million Years

New research involving the Alabama Museum of National unveiled the earliest evidence of octopus predation in the fossil record.

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Preparing for a Life-Changing Journey Abroad

Two UA sophomores will have the opportunity of a lifetime this fall, as they travel across the world to study abroad.

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State Business Leaders Optimistic on Early 2021 Economy

Even with the continued stress from the pandemic, business leaders in the state remained mostly optimistic that their businesses will have a positive start to 2021, according a quarterly survey done by economists at The University of Alabama.

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Tuscaloosa Africana Film Festival to be Virtual

The 9th annual Tuscaloosa Africana Film Festival featuring acclaimed movies from the African continent and broader African Diaspora will be held virtually Feb. 27- 28.

UA’s Capstone Agency Donates Valuable Work to Local Nonprofits

UA’s Capstone Agency Donates Valuable Work to Local Nonprofits

Zoom fatigue couldn’t stop these PR students from supporting nonprofits who need help now more than ever.

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Building Bama: Math and Science Education Building

A complete interior renovation and exterior improvements majorly upgraded this campus facility.

UA Professors to Study Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications

UA Professors to Study Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications

Selected by the National Science Foundation, the professors will lead a $1.5 million effort to develop an infrastructure for underwater research robots to exchange information.

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UA Research to Help Rural Residents with Hearing Loss

A more than $2 million NIH grant will further work at The University of Alabama to improve the lives of those suffering from hearing loss in rural areas of the state.

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Early Promise for Natural Compound in Combatting Parkinson’s

A lab at The University of Alabama has shown a compound found in a common shrub in India exhibits neuroprotective effects against Parkinson’s disease characteristics induced by an herbicide in fruit flies.