Category: Press Releases
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Governor Ivey Announces Final Recipients of Public School and College Authority Bond
January 19, 2022 A strong partnership between The University of Alabama, Alabama Power Company and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. fuels a newly-formed research and workforce development center designed to meet the needs of the booming electric vehicle market. -
UA Professor Named Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador
January 19, 2022 Dr. Steven Jones, the James R. Cudworth Professor with The University of Alabama’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was recently named a Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador. -
Even With Less Traffic, Drivers Should Use Caution During Holidays
November 20, 2020 There has been less traffic and fewer traffic crashes reported in Alabama during the pandemic, but caution is urged for drivers over the holidays because although there have been fewer crashes reported, there have been… -
President’s Faculty Research Award Recipients Recognized
May 19, 2020 The 2020 Faculty Research Day Awards Ceremony was canceled after the University transitioned to limited business operations. Virtual poster presentations and scholarly information for the nine faculty members receiving this year’s President’s Faculty Research Award… -
Alabama Transportation Institute Names New Director
February 3, 2020 Dr. Allen Parrish is returning to The University of Alabama as executive director of the Alabama Transportation Institute. Parrish worked at UA for 26 years, including as the founding director of the UA Center for… -
Red Light. Green Light.
June 24, 2019 Green. Yellow. Red. Go. Slow. Stop. Simple instructions commanded by a seemingly simple machine – the traffic light. The technology is as old as the Industrial Revolution, with the first light, two gas-powered flames, controlling… -
UA Joins UN Network for Sustainable Solutions
April 25, 2019 A University of Alabama College of Engineering research center has been invited to join a global initiative for the United Nations with a focus on sustainable development. UA’s Center for Sustainable Infrastructure will join the… -
UA Receives $8M Grant to Improve Transportation Project
April 16, 2019 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants valued at $53.2 million to several projects on April 1. -
ATI Welcomes Dr. Croope
April 1, 2019 Dr. Silvana Croope, an expert in infrastructure resilience, has joined the Alabama Transportation Institute’s Transportation Policy Research Center at The University of Alabama.