Two UA Professors Get Boost with NSF CAREER Awards
The National Science Foundation granted a CAREER Award to Dr. Paulo T. Araujo in physics and astronomy and Dr. Kevin M. Kocot in biological sciences.
College of Arts and Sciences
New UA Degree Mixes Music, Engineering
The musical audio engineering degree offers a balance between two disciplines to prepare students for careers involving technical aspects of music.
CARI Announces Inaugural Fellows and Campuswide Initiatives
The University of Alabama’s Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, a new incubator for interdisciplinary, arts-focused research, has announced its inaugural faculty fellows and several campuswide initiatives.
English Chairperson Named UA Associate Provost
The chair of the University of Alabama English department has been named a UA associate provost.
Law Enforcement ‘Use of Force’ Study Moves Forward
University of Alabama researchers have expanded their study of law enforcement use of force, forming a partnership to help recruit participants.
‘There’s Still Time’
A University of Alabama ecologist is integral to UA research in helping better understand freshwater mussels, improving efforts to conserve and restore the animal to the state’s streams and rivers.
Two UA Technologies Part of National Start-Up Program
Two innovative projects at The University of Alabama are part of a national program aimed to help take technology from the lab to the market.
UA Research Examining How Heat Waves Are Getting Bigger
Dr. David Keellings was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between the size of heat waves and causes across the U.S. with the goal of developing predictive models.
Tears Turn to Success for Graduate Student
Jennie Thies starts her fourth year with more confidence after winning a highly competitive national grant, the NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a two-year pre-doctoral fellowship that covers tuition and health care and provides a stipend supporting her research in the Caldwell Lab.
Wild Eats – Foraging for Your Grub
Believe it or not, food isn’t only found on grocery store shelves and farms. It’s all around, even in the average backyard.