Tag: Alabama Power

Auburn University Presidential Research Fellow At Forefront Of Promoting Human-Elephant Coexistence In Kenya

Lynn Von Hagen spent her first Auburn University semester in a faraway but familiar location – Kenya, where she has worked on the ground for two years researching African elephants, specifically studying […]

Survey Seeks To Find Gaps In Alabama Broadband Internet Speeds And Access

From Alabama NewsCenter The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) wants Alabama residents and business owners to weigh in on their broadband internet access and speeds. The survey at https://alabama.speedsurvey.org/ will help state officials […]

5 Ways Alabama Is Making A Difference In The Battle Against COVID-19

The coronavirus crisis has brought unimagined challenges, but businesses across Alabama have answered the call to help health care workers and their communities through these difficult times. Alabama businesses, from large-scale manufacturers […]

UAB Offers Tips For Children Wearing Masks During The Pandemic

Post from Alabama NewsCenter As cities and states begin to reopen, people, including children, are being asked to wear masks when out in public. Children may not understand why they have to […]

Literarily Wasted Online Book Club Brings ‘Geeky’ Books To The People

Post by Alec Harvey for Alabama NewsCenter When Christy Schwartz started looking around for a book club that read her favorite genres, she couldn’t find one. “I’m part of another book club, […]

Good News Fridays: After Two COVID-19 Hospital Stays, Alabama’s Bert Bloomston Stands Firmly On The Sunny Side Of Life

Post by Michael Sznajderman for Alabama NewsCenter Of the more than 1,200 hospitalizations in Alabama related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bert Bloomston can claim a somewhat cautionary distinction: he was hospitalized twice. […]

Good News Fridays: Alabama Man Who Lost Sneaker Collection In 2011 Tornadoes Has Rebounded

Post by Joseph Allen for Alabama NewsCenter You might say William Carter has always had basketball in his sole. He has not only spent a lifetime playing and coaching the sport, he […]

Auburn-Developed Microscope Technology Finds Use On COVID-19 Battlefront

An Auburn University-developed light microscope technology that has been on the market since the early 2000s has found new potential as a research tool on the COVID-19 battlefront. CytoViva Inc., a subsidiary company […]

Alabama State Professors Join COVID-19 Fight

Two Alabama State University professors have joined the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by using their personal 3D printers to make medical face shields for health care workers who are in desperate need of […]

Birmingham’s Sanitizit Puts The Clean Back Into Shopping Carts During COVID-19 Pandemic

Post by Carla Davis for Alabama NewsCenter Health experts say one of the nastiest objects you will ever touch is a shopping cart while buying groceries. Shoppers load their food, purses and […]