Research

UA PR Professor Wins Institute’s Pathfinder Award

Dr. Bruce Berger, the Reese Phifer Professor of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama, will receive the Institute for Public Relations’ Pathfinder Award for career contributions to scholarly public relations research.

UA Research Team Offers Online Therapy for Insomnia, Depression Sufferers

A team of University of Alabama researchers in the department of psychology is looking for participants in the Demopolis area for a pilot research study to deliver cognitive-behavior therapy through the online video-conferencing program Skype.

UA Psychologists Offer Memory Screening

Graduate students and faculty in The University of Alabama’s psychology department are offering a no-cost memory screening to members of the West Alabama community ages 55 or older.

Surgeon, UA Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment

A chronic pain condition and numerous gastrointestinal disorders may all be caused by a virus.

UA Engineering Graduate Student Wins Best Paper Award

A research paper written by an engineering graduate student won an award for best paper at a recent academic conference and will be submitted for review in a scholarly journal.

UA Center’s Report Shows Gaps in Workforce Development Capacity at Nation’s Community Colleges

“Workforce Training in a Recovering Economy,” released by the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama, details the perceptions of state officials across the nation who are responsible for coordination and supervision of community colleges.

Webcomic Highlighting UA Astronomy to be Unveiled in Atlanta

Citizen scientists enthralled by photographs of unusual galaxies posted online triggered a University of Alabama professor to use NASA’s famed Hubble Space Telescope to further analyze the space oddities.

Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment

Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment

A Tuscaloosa-based surgeon’s theory related to chronic pain is likely headed for a clinical trial early next year, and it’s drawing support from a University of Alabama researcher who studies how viruses replicate.

Snail Believed Extinct Found in Cahaba by UA Graduate Student

A freshwater snail declared extinct in 2000 was recently rediscovered in the Cahaba River by a University of Alabama graduate student.

Living on the (Botanical) Edge

Living on the (Botanical) Edge

John Clark doesn’t seem like a violent man. Yet, a group once wondered aloud whether he was one of those “foreigners who kills people and puts them in boiling water and extracts their fat to cook with.”