UA Astronomers to Navigate Telescopes Atop Mountains in Arizona, Chile Without Leaving Campus

University of Alabama astronomers and their students will soon regularly point and focus two mountaintop-based telescopes, including one in the southern hemisphere, without leaving campus.

UA Partners with Tuscaloosa City Schools on $1 Million History Grant

For the second time in three years, The University of Alabama College of Education and department of history, will partner with the Tuscaloosa City School system and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, on a grant totaling $999,210 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Program.

Alabama Ghana Study Abroad Program Helps Change Lives

The University of Alabama Ghana Study Abroad Program has changed the lives of those involved in the program as well as improving life for young people in the African country.

UA Professor Researches Lake Source Heat Pumps

How do you handle the Alabama summer heat? Some residents of the Lake Tuscaloosa area have discovered an atypical way to stay cool during the summer, while saving money in the process.

Bishop Named Coach Paul W. Bryant Professor of Education at UA

Dr. Phil Bishop, professor of kinesiology at The University of Alabama, has been appointed to the inaugural Coach Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professorship in the UA College of Education.

UA Research Airplane Flying in Illinois Sky in Climate Change Study

Understanding the role of crops on the carbon and water cycles is a critical component of global climate change research as water and carbon dioxide are major components in greenhouse gas production. For years, a variety of research aimed at understanding aspects of global climate change has been performed within the corn and soybean fields of Champaign County Illinois.

A Dangerous Short-Cut

While most research on young athletes and their use of sports supplements focuses on the product, University of Alabama professor Mike Perko goes in a completely different direction—what got the athletes interested in them in the first place?

UA Professor Receives Psychology-Law Society’s Highest Honor

Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky, University of Alabama professor of psychology, has recently been named recipient of the American Psychology-Law Society Award for distinguished contributions in psychology and the law.

UA Student Awarded Advertising Scholarship

Andrea Seabol, a University of Alabama student from Florence, has been selected as recipient of a $1,500 scholarship from the Alabama Advertising Education Foundation.

UA Student in Top 10 for Prestigious Journalism Internship

University of Alabama senior Tiffany Schwarz of Huntsville is one of 10 finalists who will compete in “The Intern,” a competition for premier journalism internships sponsored by the Society of News Design.