http://www.ua.edu/features/index.html en-us In-depth feature stories from The University of Alabama. http://www.ua.edu/images/uabox.gifhttp://www.ua.edu15040 Questions about language and culture formed the spark for Jamie Lee McReynolds to research, while an undergraduate, the way we speak and how it sounds. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/language.html A remote spot within the Talladega National Forest could serve as one of 20 locations nationally that will detect the ecological impacts of climate change. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://dialog.ua.edu/dialog20080714/rural20080714.htm Alabama Launchpad is a non-profit organization formed by the state’s leading research universities and Alabama’s business community to support entrepreneurship. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/entrepreneur.htm Josh Hamilton's dedication to those less fortunate is inspiring, and he has extended the sense of caring he says he found at UA to regions far from the campus' borders. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/engborders.html There were times, Lynnette Moats says, when quitting work to pursue a nursing degree seemed like a 4-year poverty sentence for her entire household. Wed, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/nursing.html The University of Alabama tradition culminated for UA's Spring 2008 graduates when they received their diplomas Saturday, May 10 in Coleman Coliseum. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/commencement/ Andrea Mabry was always catching her friends in the act. But her photo albums and scrapbooks aren’t filled with the usual “say cheese” pictures. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/photojournalism.html Two of Aldrich Callins’ passions are foreign travel and collecting information about the economies of foreign countries. Another passion is helping people. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/finance.html The focus of our students and alumni extends beyond academic achievement and research. There is an entrepreneurial spirit that wraps itself around all phases of the UA experience. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/entrepreneurship/ Winter has broken in Tuscaloosa, and the spring season brings new life and excitement to the UA campus, and a flurry of outdoor activities for students and visitors. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/springatua.html Junior Allison Garstecki unearthed a key sandstone artifact, some 800 years old, during the final days of an archaeological expedition in which she and classmates participated. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/archaeology.html The UA campus is home to millions of leaves, perhaps most prominent in the new growth emerging each spring from the majestic oaks and on the azaleas preparing to dazzle. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/herbarium.html As a little girl growing up in Florence, S.C., Martha Addison knew she wanted to be an aerospace engineer. When the time came to choose a college, Addison wanted a school that offered her everything she deserved. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/engineering.html Making actors comfortable on stage is a big part of senior Peyton Blankenship’s role as a costume designer in The University of Alabama’s theatre and dance department. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/fashion.html In 2008, seven students from The University of Alabama were named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team, more than any other school in the nation. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/allusa.html A 65-year-old research study, an HBO documentary, and his own research have helped solidify Phillip Jordan’s life-long passion to aid inner-city African-American children with issues such as self-esteem and expectations. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/findyourpassion/esteem.html UA is celebrating African-American Heritage Month in February with the theme “Creating History Every Day” to recognize the range and diversity of contributions of African-Americans. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/aahm.html Researchers are developing a new compact acoustic sensor that will enable users to accurately locate a sound source, utilizing UA’s new hemi-anechoic chamber. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/chamber.html We've all been through them, either on the receiving or giving end. They are second only to firing an employee as the task managers say they dislike the most. So, why do them? Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/performance.html UA's Office of Media Relations offers predictions from faculty experts for the coming year about a wide range of topics ranging from politics to economics and more. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2007/guess08/index.htm The University of Alabama tradition culminated for UA's Winter 2007 graduates when they received their diplomas Saturday, December 15 at 9:00 a.m. in Coleman Coliseum. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/commencement/ From analyzing the environmental damage of DDT to developing warning systems for evacuation zones, The University’s best and brightest are not only excelling in the classroom but also improving the society in which we live. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/hollings.html The powerful feeling that music can provide is the impetus behind a new piece of music from UA to honor victims of the devastating tornado that slammed through Enterprise on March 1. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/enterprise.html The support, energy, enthusiasm and class shown by Alabama fans means a lot to every player and coach who has ever been a part of the Crimson Tide. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/crimsonpride.html If you were living 1,000 years ago, among your primary concerns would have been obtaining salt. Yep, sodium chloride... good ol' table salt. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/research_salt.html It represents a potential answer for the world's water shortage woes, it's key in electronic and manufacturing advances, and it holds great promise for better treatments and earlier detection of diseases such as cancer, HIV and Alzheimer's. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/nanotechnology.html A state wildlife grant is providing UA researchers funding to search for cave crayfish – eyeless, small, white, almost transparent animals – within 10 Alabama caves. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/caveecology.html The University of Alabama has always set the standard with its legacy and tradition of academic integrity. In keeping with that tradition, the University offers a week of events that celebrates the value that campus administrators, faculty and students have placed on maintaining academic integrity. All are encouraged to participate in the week's events. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/academicintegrity.html A new football season brings changes in parking, tailgating and transportation in and around the UA campus. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/gameday.html Thanks to two talented and enterprising UA students, prospective students now have a new way of touring the UA campus: the iPod. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/itourbama.html A new academic year brings many new and exciting opportunities to campus. Here are a few of the new additions to your UA experience. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/whatsnew.html The University of Alabama is again ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings for 2007. UA is ranked 42nd among public national universities. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/usnews.html The UA tradition culminates for Summer 2007 graduates when they receive their diplomas Saturday, August 11 at 9:00 a.m., and you can watch the entire ceremony live online. Thu, 10 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/commencement/ Crimson Ride, UA’s new transit system, gets you where you want to go on campus. It’s free, fast and makes our campus more pedestrian friendly. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/crimsonride.html Everyone has a story. Sometimes you have to dig a bit in order to tell it – especially when it’s covered by the absence of freedom and beneath the layers of time. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/tannehill.html Child abuse costs Alabamians more than $520 million each year, according to the report prepared by UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences and the Center for Business and Economic Research. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/childabuse.html What began as a three-week excavation in the parking lot behind Gorgas Library, may become much more. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/excavation.html Engineers Without Borders has partnered with HERO Housing Resource Center, an organization aimed at reducing substandard housing conditions in Hale County, to improve residential plumbing in the area. Mon, 07 May 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/engineers.html One of the world’s most closely monitored experiments recently yielded its initial findings. The results were made possible, in part, by three UA scientists who developed one of the primary sets of code used in key portions of the internationally-known effort’s computer analysis. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/physicists.html An exhibit by student Rachael Crawley showcases unconventional portraits of UA student, faculty and staff artists in a range of fields. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/perspectives.html The University will premiere a composition by nationally-acclaimed hip-hop violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain at an innovative concert on April 10. The original piece commemorates the heroism of the desegregation of the University through such important figures as Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/composition.html The University’s parking and transportation department is about four months from seeing one of its biggest projects to date becoming a reality. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/transit.html A new exhibit at UA’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will give visitors a hands-on look at crime scene analysis and forensic investigations, minus the backlighting and Hollywood glitz. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/parkinsons.html Researchers at UA are offering clues as to why some people appear to have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease following exposure to a widely used chemical weed killer. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/csialabama.html The USA Today All-USA College Academic Team honors the "best of the best" undergraduate academic all-stars from across the nation. In 2007, four students from The University of Alabama were named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/allusa.html From B-boying to Fuel Cells, Gaming to Cancer Medication, UA Undergraduates Further the Institution’s Mission Through Groundbreaking Research Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/research_ug.html The University recently relaunched its Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu. The completely-redesigned Crimson Calendar offers the ability to unite events from the entire UA community into a centralized campus-wide events calendar. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:00:00 CDT http://www.ua.edu/features/calendar.html