UA in the News: April 20, 2010
April 20, 2010 - Filed under: UA in the News
UA-based team places third at contest
Tuscaloosa News – April 20
Sutterlin Technologies, a start-up company housed at the University of Alabama’s high-technology business incubator, won third place in the Alabama Launchpad business plan competition, which concluded Friday. Alabama Launchpad is a not-for-profit organization that supports and promotes high-tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the state…Sutterlin Technologies is headed by Rusty Sutterlin, a chemist and entrepreneur whose company is developing several products at two research laboratories it rents at UA’s AIME Building. AIME, a high-tech incubator, stands for Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs. In the Launchpad competition, Sutterlin entered a biodegradeable insecticide he is developing that will keep destructive brown codling moths from reproducing. The moths attack crops and are a bane to farmers. Sutterlin’s product is a biodegradable powder resembling flour that combines synthetic pheromones with pectin. The powder can be mixed with water and sprayed on fruits like apples where the moths lay eggs that can turn into fruit-eating larvae. Natural pheromones are emitted by insects to attract mates. Synthetic pheromones have been used to disrupt harmful insects’ mating patterns but have caused environmental concerns.
More students to get tickets for next football season
NBC13 (Birmingham) – April 19
Next year, more students will have access to football tickets when the Tide kicks things off in the fall. The University is currently expanding its stadium by adding about 9,000 seats. Two thousand of those seats will be available for students.
The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is experiencing significant growth in both enrollment and academic quality. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.