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A&S Grad Assisting With Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test
From the October 2020 Desktop News | When Anne Watkins started her master’s of public health at Yale University, she never thought she’d work with any sort of sports team, let alone a whole league. Now, she and her colleagues are partnered with the National Basketball Association to create a new COVID-19 testing procedure that […]
A&S in the News: September 20-26, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the English Building, Million Dollar Band, and more. […]
A&S in the News: September 13-19, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the English Building, Winston Groom, and more. […]
A&S in the News: September 6-12, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature 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, the Moody Music Building, and more. […]
A&S in the News: August 30-September 5, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Department of Theatre & Dance’s upcoming virtual season. […]
UA Biologist Awarded NSF Grant to Digitize Invertebrate Collection
Dr. Kevin Kocot received a grant as part of a large collaborative project to greatly improve the digital accessibility of data on marine invertebrate biodiversity. […]
A&S in the News: July 19-25, 2020
Alabama’s Biodiversity New research center showcases Alabama’s diversity: Bham Now – July 22 It seems like we have a hard time appreciating how rich Alabama really is, and how important it is to the rest of the country. But the research going on at the Paint Rock Forest Research Center in northeast Alabama could change […]
Biodiversity Fellowship
Since 2012, the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Fellows Program has allowed students to immerse themselves in a wide range of biodiversity research within the state of Alabama. Emma Arneson, a PhD student in biological sciences and Wilson Biodiversity Fellow, studies invasive crayfish and their impact on native crayfish in Alabama. The state has the largest […]
UA Researcher Studying Link Between Pollutants and Hermaphroditic Fish
Pollution and chemical imbalances in water could have an adverse effect on animal behavior, particularly in fish that make their home among the mangrove trees along the Florida coast. Dr. Ryan Earley and his students are charting multiple courses to determine what causes changes in how the fish function. “Our research program has a bunch […]