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UA Math Award Honors Distinguished Alumnus

April 7, 2022

From the April 2022 Desktop News | The University of Alabama Department of Mathematics honored one of its most distinguished alumni during this year’s Honors Week with the addition of a new award, the Louis Dale Medal in Mathematics. The medal is awarded to an upper-level mathematics student who displays excellence in their work. Dr. Louis Dale was part of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and received a bachelor’s in mathematics from Miles College before teaching mathematics in Birmingham high […]

Theatre Professor Performs at Women’s History Showcase

March 23, 2022

From the March 2022 Desktop News | Allison Hetzel, a professor of voice and acting in UA’s theatre and dance department, recently resurrected her one-woman show about Georgia O’Keeffe for the first annual Women in History: From Now Until Then showcase in Chattanooga, TN. The show, Considering Georgia O’Keeffe, revolves around the famed modernist painter’s life, work, and relationships. After combing through five biographies, multiple essays, and dozens of critical works on O’Keeffe, Hetzel created a piece that moved through […]

UA Mock Trial Team Earns Program Record Bids at Regional Tournaments

March 9, 2022

From the March 2022 Desktop News | The University of Alabama’s Mock Trial team is quickly making history, earning a program record of three bids to the next level of competition at this year’s American Mock Trial Association Regional Tournaments. The group, which consists of four competition teams (A, B, C, D), competed against dozens of nationally-ranked programs during a series of regional elimination tournaments in February. Every team in the nation competes in these regional tournaments, with only the […]

Art and Art History Receives CDC Foundation Grant to Promote Vaccine Education and Acceptance

February 16, 2022

From the February 2022 Desktop News | The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History recently received a grant to create innovative and accurate poster designs that will harness the power of the arts to engage audiences of all ages in overcoming COVID-19 and influenza vaccine hesitancy. With support from the CDC Foundation, the messaging will promote vaccine education and acceptance in four rural Black Belt counties in west Alabama. Jason Guynes, department chair and professor, and […]

Chemistry Professor Named to Prestigious ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame

February 2, 2022

From the February 2022 Desktop News | When Dr. David Dixon was an undergraduate student at the California Institute of Technology, he was awarded a scholarship from the ARCS Foundation to help him with his tuition. Now, as a world-renowned computational chemist and Robert Ramsay Chair in the UA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, he has been named to the foundation’s Alumni Hall of Fame. The ARCS Foundation is a prestigious national organization committed to furthering science through the financial […]

Healthcare Professionals to Speak at 2022 McCollough Forum

February 2, 2022

From the February 2022 Desktop News | Medical professionals from around the southeast will address students at the 20th annual Susan N. and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 11 at Smith Hall. The forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, will begin with a lecture by Dr. B.L. Stalnaker, a doctor of gynecology with a private practice in Pensacola, Florida. He will lead a discussion titled “Reflection on the Future of Medicine.” Board-certified by the American […]

A&S Junior Creates Group to Combat Vaccine Misinformation

January 18, 2022

From the January 2022 Desktop News | In December 2020, junior biological sciences major and McCollough Pre-Medical Scholar Kyle Boden heard that a new vaccine was becoming available to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. He, like many others around the country, was excited by the prospect. But this was quickly dampened by the spread of misinformation, which ran rampant on social media. Boden knew he had to do something. Boden, who hails from Santa Clara, California, and his friend, Crystal Tao, who is […]

Art Professor, Students Create Sculptures to Raise Funds for Children’s of Alabama

December 8, 2021

From the December 2021 Desktop News | Over the past eight years, art professor Craig Wedderspoon and his sculpture students have created innovative and unique sculptures to help Nucor, a steel production company in Tuscaloosa, raise funds for Children’s of Alabama. Wedderspoon first started the collaboration with Nucor in 2013, when Nucor approached him about creating sculptures out of Nucor-made steel to auction off at their annual auction for Children’s of Alabama, a children’s hospital located in Birmingham. For Wedderspoon, […]

Astronomy Professor Sharing Space with the Public Online, at Public Observations

November 11, 2021

From the November 2021 Desktop News | Dr. William Keel loves to share his view of the sky with the world. When he’s not conducting research on far-away galaxies or teaching classes, the astronomy professor seeks out ways to gain a larger audience both online and in-person so that he can show people the universe around them. “There’s all this amazing stuff out there that most people have never had the opportunity to find out about,” Keel said. “There is […]

UA Researchers Creating Digital Exhibition of Birmingham Artist’s Work

October 11, 2021

A man in a hard hat and mask posing next to a piece of metal with writing on it

From the June 2021 Desktop News | At first glance, Joe Minter’s backyard looks like an assortment of metal and building materials. But for Minter, a found-object artist in Birmingham, this sea of rust and steel tells the story of his life, and a cultural movement, in a collection he calls “African Village in America.” And now, researchers at The University of Alabama are helping Minter preserve his stories forever. Minter is supported by Souls Grown Deep, an organization that […]