Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the annual Haunting at the Museum, research on the legal landscape, the upcoming elections, and more.
Category: News
Articles about news in the College, from student and faculty accomplishments to research advances, new academic programs, and the impact of giving.
Quartet First in UA’s History to Win International Horn Competition
The Capstone Horn Quartet became the first University of Alabama horn quartet to win the International Horn Society Summer Symposium Student Amateur Quartet Competition, which was held earlier at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
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UA Leads Effort to Understand Imperiled Mussel Biodiversity
Dr. Carla Atkinson’s team seeks to understand how different species of mussels in the same watershed perform different functions, seeing how environmental factors such as placement, temperature and water flow influence their roles in the river.
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A&S in the News: October 14-20, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts &Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Million Dollar Band, research on opioid prescriptions, National Fossil Day, and more.
A&S in the News: October 7-13, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards, research on Hurricane Michael, the Million Dollar Band, and more.
A&S in the News: September 30-October 6, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Moundville Native American Festival, research on the midterm elections, the Million Dollar Band, and more.
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UA Research to Study Impact ‘War on Drugs’ Has on Smuggling Routes
From the October 2018 Desktop News | Researchers at UA are bringing together their expertise in geography, modeling, and criminal activity to better understand how enforcement activity influences drug trafficking in Central America. The project is one of nine recently funded by the National Science Foundation to advance the scientific understanding of how such illicit supply networks function – and how to dismantle them. The new awards support research that combine engineering with computer, physical, and social sciences to address a danger […]
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UA Awarded Grant to Study Communication in Intimate Partnerships
From the October 2018 Desktop News | Three UA professors have been awarded a grant of more than $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between communication and physiological responses in intimate partnerships. The study is a collaborative work of Drs. Sonya Pritzker and Jason DeCaro, of the department of anthropology, and Dr. Josh Pederson, of the department of communication studies. DeCaro, Pederson, and Pritzker will observe 50 couples by combining nine hours of in-home video observation with moment-to-moment […]
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Associate Dean Publishes Book on Prohibition in the South
“A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Bootlegging, Smuggling, and the South during Prohibition,” a book by Dr. Lisa Dorr, associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently published by the University of North Carolina Press.
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Anthropology, History Professors Producing Podcast About Race
Dr. Jim Bindon, a professor emeritus in the department of anthropology, and Dr. Erik Peterson, an assistant professor in the department of history, started a podcast called “Speaking of Race” after realizing that a large portion of the population was receiving incorrect information regarding race.
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