MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs posted the following news release: Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $54,164 grant to the University of Alabama for a study to help pave the way for increased pedestrian safety in the state. "Whether riding on a bicycle or traveling on foot, Alabamians who choose to take non-vehicular means of getting to their destination should feel safe doing so. This new study will determine where improvements can be made on   more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: VivoSphere, a biomedical engineering start-up founded by two Auburn University chemical engineering researchers that created a precise, cost-effective test bed for high-throughput, pre-clinical evaluation of critical cancer therapy candidates, has been selected as one of the most promising new ventures in the bio-diagnostics industry. The New Venture Accelerator company was nominated for the Ignit  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The Next Level career development and reflective writing program is accepting its first round of faculty fellowship applications with the intention of expanding access to more engineering students. Interested faculty should indicate the course or courses where they would like to implement Next Level assignments among other requested information in a program application and submit it to the Next Lev  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 18 -- Auburn University issued the following news: VivoSphere, a biomedical engineering start-up founded by two Auburn University chemical engineering researchers that created a precise, cost-effective test bed for high-throughput, pre-clinical evaluation of critical cancer therapy candidates, has been selected as one of the most promising new ventures in the bio-diagnostics industry. The New Venture Accelerator company was nominated for the Ignite Award Society for Labor  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 18 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Auburn University's Myoung-Gi Chon has received a prestigious research fellowship from the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD). Chon serves as an associate professor of public relations and graduate program officer for the School of Communication and Journalism in the College of Liberal Arts. As a CPD Research Fellow, Chon will conduct studies on public diplomacy between South Kor  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 18 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Elizabeth "Beth" Hiltbold Schwartz, a proud Auburn alum, is an associate professor at Auburn University in the Department of Biological Sciences and the department's Undergraduate Program Officer since 2019. Now, her role will expand with a newly created position, assistant dean of biomedical sciences for the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM). "I am excited to be able to assess the well-known pre-health  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: Keya Shapiro experienced a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body. She was 13 months old when she first met Stephanie DeLuca and Karen Echols. At the time, DeLuca directed a research clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where in collaboration with Echols and Sharon Ramey, the team would develop a unique form of high-intensity pediat  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Samford University Cumberland School of Law will host its 30th annual Thurgood Marshall Symposium on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m. in the Regions Community Resource Room in Samford's Cooney Hall. This year's event will focus on voting rights issues in Alabama through the discussion of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding Alabama's congressional district map. Leading the discussion will be keynote spea  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- Samford University issued the following news release: Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy's community gathered in Reid Chapel on Friday, Jan. 12 for the 2024 State of the School Address. First held in 2015, the dean's annual address highlights accomplishments over the past year and shares a vision for the year ahead. The school's theme for 2024 will be administered in three doses: faith, fellowship and pharmacy. Michael Crouch, dean of McWho  more

TROY, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- Troy University issued the following news: Troy University professors Dr. Chris Boyd and Dr. Xutong Niu have been selected to be part of a Louisiana-based team that is striving to help the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) protect their land from climate-related hazards. Made possible thanks to a $780,308 grant awarded by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Boyd and Niu are two members of a 12-person te  more