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COVID-19 Updates
Our entire UA System – UA, UAB, UAH and the UAB Health System – is dedicating all possible resources to reopen our campuses in a manner that will be the gold standard for colleges and universities across the nation. While we do not know when our students will return, when they do we will be ready to welcome them to the safest campuses in America. Chancellor Finis St. John has established a System-wide Task Force to meet our goals using strategies of all kinds: testing measures, enhanced cleaning, classroom procedures, housing policies, security and wellness programs, and more.
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Alabama Transportation Institute research prepares state for EV revolution
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Electric vehicles may be a rare sight on the roads across Alabama today, but researchers at The University of Alabama know that rising EV adoption rates will soon spark challenges for the state’s transportation planners and policymakers.
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Chancellor St. John calls for ‘transformational investment’ in UAB genomic medicine research center
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Finis “Fess” St. John IV, Chancellor of The University of Alabama System, called on Governor Kay Ivey and legislative leadership to provide a $50 million investment in a new genomic medicine research center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham that will transform the future of healthcare in the state.
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UAH aerospace engineering research spurs high ranking, collaborations
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Aerospace engineering researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are modeling how a future U.S. spacecraft might be engineered for nuclear propulsion. They are also studying how reliable rocket engine components can be printed using advanced manufacturing techniques.
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UA researchers to design next-gen transportation system in West Central Alabama
Researchers at the University of Alabama are embarking on a $16.8 million project to transform the roads and highways in the Tuscaloosa area into a smart transportation network that is safer, less congested and more environmentally friendly.
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UAH researcher helps preserve at-risk Apollo program recordings
A new historic preservation project at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is revealing a behind-the-scenes perspective of the groundbreaking Apollo space program.
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Dean Vickers: UAB Medicine is building on rapid growth to achieve lofty goals
Over the past five years, Dr. Selwyn Vickers has seen the UAB medical enterprise build on a powerful growth spurt that began more than a decade ago. It’s a continued evolution that has further lifted UAB’s reputation and thrust it onto the national stage for research, patient care and education.
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Alabama Transportation Institute research drives ‘Rebuild Alabama’ discussions
As state lawmakers evaluate Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure Plan,” they have been able to make smart decisions based on the current conditions of state’s road and bridges as well as how demands placed on the transportation system are likely to grow over the next generation.