MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 7 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on May 6, 2024: * * * Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed House Bill 182, sponsored by Rep. Craig Lipscomb, to strengthen homeowners' rights against squatters who illegally occupy their property. "It has been said that a person's home is their castle, yet after a national rise in illegal occupations of homeowner's private property, it is apparent that more must be done to halt criminals from commandeering pe  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 7 -- Auburn University issued the following news: A $750,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) will allow Auburn faculty members to continue their restoration of the Tankersley Rosenwald School in Hope Hull, Alabama. The project's team includes Gorham Bird, Junshan Liu and Hunter McGonagill of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, Keith Hebert and Elijah Gaddis of the College of Liberal Arts and Danielle Willkens from the Georgia Institute of Techn  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 7 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: By Dustin Duncan Nek Sharan, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Vrishank Raghav, associate professor of aerospace engineering are one of the 27 collaborative academic teams awarded research projects through the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) program. According to the DOD, DEPSCoR is a capacity-building p  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 7 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Seven undergraduate students from the School of Kinesiology were awarded Undergraduate Research Fellowships from Auburn University for the 2024-25 academic year. The recipients are Reagan Boledovic, Marleigh Green, Aubrey Harrell, Caroline Keller, Aubrie Lisenby, Elizabeth Wheeler and Clay Williams. "One of the hallmarks of the School of Kinesiology is the opportunity for our undergraduate students to par  more

VALDOSTA, Georgia, May 7 -- Valdosta State University issued the following news: Isabelle Reimer of Mobile, Alabama, is the recipient of Valdosta State University's 2023-2024 Bartram Award for Intellectual Exploration. Reimer was recognized during VSU's annual Academic Honors and Awards Dinner on April 25. The Bartram Award for Intellectual Exploration is presented to an Honors College student who has demonstrated the skills of intellectual exploration, adventure, and competence. "I am extre  more