From the February 2021 Desktop News | In the Amazon rainforest, the Brazil nut tree is an invaluable resource. Towering over their harvestersâ homes at over 160 feet tall, the tree produces fruit that contains the famous Brazil nut, which economically sustains the thousands of people who live there. But the Brazil nut treeâs yield […]
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How a Crimson Beard Raised Funds for West Alabama Food Bank
From the June 2020 Desktop News | What began as a joke at the end of an email quickly became an act of service for UAâs department of mathematics, which recently completed a faculty fundraiser for the West Alabama Food Bank. While working at home during the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. David Cruz-Uribe, the chair of […]
Arts and Sciences Resources Guide – COVID-19
At the College of Arts and Sciences, we want to make sure that you, our students, have access to the most up-to-date and valuable resources to help you with academics, technology, and your overall well-being. Here, youâll find a comprehensive list of resources to help you navigate this time. General COVID Resources Get the latest […]
UA Professor Celebrated for Experimental Opera
Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, an associate professor in New College, was recently awarded the Robert M. Stevenson Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology for his 2018 experimental opera, âVolver.â […]
Just Trying to Have School: New Book From UA Professor Explores Desegregation in Mississippi
From the June 2019 Desktop News | New College professor Natalie Adams and James Adams of Mississippi State University are awaiting the publication of their new book, Just Trying to Have School: The Struggle for Desegregation in Mississippi. Grounded in extensive research and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, and educators at every level, […]
Carnegie Lists UA among Elite Research Institutions
From the January 2019 Desktop News | For the first time in its history, UA achieved Doctoral Universities â Very High Research Activity status, formerly known as the R1 category, in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This is the nationâs highest level of research activity for institutions that grant doctoral degrees. Research funding, research staff, […]
Dixon Selected for UAâs Blackmon-Moody Award
From the January 2019 Desktop News | Dr. David Dixon, the Robert Ramsay Professor of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the 2018 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He received the award at a recent ceremony at the Presidentâs Mansion. Based on a specific accomplishment that is innovative, creative, useful or captures the imagination, […]
Professor to Strengthen Digital Dynamics of Dance via NEH Grant
Rebecca Salzer, an assistant professor of dance and the interim director of the UA Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, recently received a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead an innovative effort, improving online access to digital dance resources for education and scholarship. […]
UA Research to Study Impact âWar on Drugsâ 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 […]
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 […]
