From the October 2019 Desktop News | UA physics professor Dr. Andreas Piepke recently received a grant of $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore the fundamental questions that have baffled physicists for decades. Piepke and his team study neutrinos, a type of subatomic particle that’s unique for its lack of an […]
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UA Part of Study on Shifting Role of Arctic Permafrost Carbon Emissions
Dr. Gregory Starr, professor of biological sciences, provided data he and post-doctoral researchers from UA collected from Alaska to assist a large research project in the Arctic that shows the region could increase carbon dioxide emissions. […]
UA Research Looks to Asteroid Belt for Clues on Early Solar System
Dr. Julia Cartwright, assistant professor of geological sciences, is leading a three-year, more than $400,000 grant from NASA to test whether meteorites from the asteroid belt reveal more about the activity of the solar system billions of years ago. […]
Harnessing the Sun
Dr. Elizabeth Papish, an associate professor in UA’s chemistry department, recently received a National Science Foundation grant for her work revolutionizing the world of green chemistry by creating a more efficient catalyst to convert greenhouse gases into useful products. […]
Speaking Online
Dr. Amber Buck of the Department of English specializes in rhetoric and composition studies and has conducted over five years of digital literacy-related research focusing on social media, privacy, and online identity. […]
Theatre for Autism Intervention
Dr. Susan White, director of UA’s Center for Youth Development and Intervention, is spearheading the SENSE Theatre Intervention Program along with the assistance of UA psychologists, doctoral students, and the Tuscaloosa Academy theatre department. […]
UA Grad Student Assists Faculty in Virtual ‘Shoot/Don’t Shoot’ Research
Rachel Paulk has worked with Dr. Ryan Cook, assistant professor of educational studies, psychology, research methodology and counseling, and Dr. Diana Dolliver, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice, in gathering officers’ responses and neural data during virtual interactions with civilians. […]
UA Researchers Helping Imperiled Freshwater Mussels
Dr. Carla Atkinson, an ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences, is integral to research at UA to help better understand freshwater mussels, improving efforts to conserve and restore the animal to the state’s streams and rivers. […]
UA Research Examining How Heat Waves Are Getting Bigger
Dr. David Keellings, assistant professor of geography, was recently awarded a three-year, $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between the size of heat waves and causes across the U.S. […]
Tears Turn to Success for Graduate Student: Determination Brings NIH Fellowship
Jennie Thies, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, was recently awarded an NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a highly competitive fellowship that will support her research. […]
