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State Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Saturday September 07, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Beeson Hosts "Samford on Mission" Discussion
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Sept. 6 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Samford University's Beeson Divinity School celebrated the university's impact in global missions during a Global Voices lecture event on Sept. 5 in Beeson's Global Center. A panel discussion featured Scott Guffin, assistant professor and executive director of Christian Ministry; Felicia "Fish" Belter, program assistant for the Office of Spiritual Life's Global Missions Scholars; Scott Bickel, associate dean   more

Maine State Library Selects EBSCO Information Services to Provide Database Resources Statewide
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Sept. 6 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: * * * Maine Residents Gain Access to Robust Collection of High-Quality Online Resources * * * IPSWICH, Mass. -- September 5, 2024 -- Maine State Library has selected EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to provide a collection of high-quality online research databases and digital resources accessi  more

NSF Awards Tuskegee University-Led Consortium a $5M Grant to Support STEM Students
TUSKEGEE, Alabama, Sept. 7 -- The Tuskegee University issued the following news: Tuskegee University is proud to announce that the National Science Foundation awarded a $5 million grant to a consortium of institutions in Alabama and Michigan to provide STEM students from low-income communities with mentoring and scholarship support. Tuskegee University, which serves as the lead for the RISE Consortium, will receive $2.17 million, of which nearly $750,000 will go toward scholarships for Tuskeg  more

One of the First of Its Kind, UAH Study Characterizes Urinary Microbes in Children
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: Until recently, it was believed that human urine is sterile, but advanced culturing techniques and DNA sequencing have revealed that bacteria and other microbes - such as viruses and fungi - inhabit the human bladder and urinary tract, known collectively as the "urobiome." Now in study that is one of the first of its kind, Dr. Tanya Sysoeva, an associate professor of microbiology at The University of A  more

Tishomingo Connect Expands Fiber Network Into Rural Mississippi With Adtran Mosaic One
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 6 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * News summary: * Service provider required scalable fiber access technology to give more underserved customers access to reliable, high-speed internet * Adtran's Mosaic One and 10G fiber access platform enable Tishomingo Connect to scale its network rapidly and efficiently * Deployment expands broadband access across rural Mississippi, suppo  more

UAH's New Air Force ROTC Operating Location, the First of Its Kind, Takes Off With 30 Cadets
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 6 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Spinks compares the new Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) program at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to an aircraft on a runway. Thirty cadets are on board, and the pilots - cadre officers Spinks and Capt. Brett Collins - are ready to take off. The program at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System, is a test flight, a new expansion of the Air  more