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Category: Featured Stories
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. […]
Messina Named Dean of UA’s College of Arts & Sciences
As dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Joseph P. Messina will be charged with developing a future-oriented vision for the College and providing leadership on planning, curricular, research and budgetary decisions. […]
Historic Gorgas House Furniture Gets New Life
Recently, two pieces, a sofa built in the 1840s and a kneeling/prayer bench built in the 1880s, were reupholstered by the University’s Furnishings and Design Department, which provides interior design and upholstery services to the campus community. […]
UA Research to Study Impact ‘War on Drugs’ Has on Smuggling Routes
Researchers at The University of Alabama are bringing together their expertise in geography, modeling and criminal activity to better understand how enforcement activity influences drug trafficking in Central America. […]
‘Separate and Equal’ to Preview in Tuscaloosa Before NYC Premiere
The play was written by Seth Panitch, professor of acting and head of UA’s acting programs, and Dominic Yeager, UA assistant professor of theatre, who were awarded a $10,000 National Endowment of the Arts grant to produce the play. […]
UA Researchers Examining Parkinson’s Resilience
Research underway at The University of Alabama, supported by the National Institutes of Health, hopes to identify factors and methods through which individuals are either resilient or susceptible to the neurodegeneration in the brain as part of the disease. […]
UA Doctoral Student Headlining 50th International Horn Symposium
Joshua Williams, first-place winner of last year’s professional division of the International Horn Competition of America, will be a featured artist at the 50th International Horn Society Summer Symposium in Muncie, Indiana, July 30 through Aug. 5. […]
UA Professors Help in Discovery of Potential Cosmic Ray Source
Three professors at The University of Alabama are part of an international team of scientists who found evidence of the source of tiny cosmic particles, known as neutrinos, a discovery that opens the door to using these particles to observe the universe. […]
UA Dance Students to Perform in Edinburgh Festival
The Yonder Contemporary Dance Company, a collective in The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance, will present a 50-minute concert titled “IRL” during the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. […]
