There are no crystal balls visible upon entering Dr. William “Bill” Butler’s University of Alabama office. Yet, theoretical predictions this physicist made in a scientific paper published in 2001 have been verified experimentally and may be key in development of the next generation of computer memory and hard drives.
Three students at UA have received the prestigious and highly competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.
Bettina Byrd-Giles has been named director of the Crossroads Community Center at The University of Alabama. The newly created position will provide campus leadership and oversight in the areas of cultural programming, diversity education and student involvement.
Jonathan Simon, professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, will present the Meador Lecture on Risk and the Law on Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. in the Moot Courtroom of The University of Alabama School of Law. The title of his lecture is “Risk and Reflexivity: What Socio-Legal Studies Adds to the Study of Risk and the Law.”
Think we’ve advanced too far in Civil Rights issues and medical care to resort to making health judgments based on skin color? Don’t be so sure, says Dr. Gregory Dorr, an assistant professor of history at The University of Alabama, who has joined scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology researching so-called “designer medicines” and the possibilities they could lead to racial medicine.
Alabama researchers are preparing for a national audience wanting to learn more about scientific programs and educational endeavors in the state.
Dr. Ernest A. Mancini, Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama, will be inducted as president of the American Geological Institute during the Friends of AGI Reception on Oct. 18 in Salt Lake City.
Considering Dr. Richard A. “Dick” Diehl was born in Bethlehem, perhaps it’s no wonder much of his life’s work has focused on the birth of an ancient civilization.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently announced it will offer a new construction engineering minor effective immediately.
The University of Alabama department of history will broaden its curriculum this year by offering classes on the history of Africa taught by Dr. Josephine Nhongo Simbanegavi, UA assistant professor of history from Zimbabwe.