High School Journalism Students Invited to Register for Regional ASPA Workshops
The Alabama Scholastic Press Association is seeking participants for their fall regional workshops to be held Aug. 27-29.
ILA Named Executive Director of Alabama EPSCoR
Dr. Daryush ILA, adjunct professor at The University of Alabama and a long-time faculty member and administrator at Alabama A&M University, has been named executive director of the Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program, known as EPSCoR.
White Gold
If you were living 1,000 years ago, among your primary concerns would have been obtaining salt. Yep, sodium chloride… good ol’ table salt.
Japanese Institute Honors UA MINT Center Director for Breakthrough
Japan’s largest materials research institute presented its inaugural award for breakthroughs in materials science and technology to the director of The University of Alabama’s MINT center.
UA Scientist Recognized for Role in Shipwreck Analysis
A University of Alabama oceanographer was recently recognized in Washington, D.C. for his biological contributions to a collaborative research project analyzing World War II shipwrecks.
UA Announces Research and Licensing Agreement With QRxPharma
The University of Alabama announced today a collaborative research and licensing agreement with QRxPharma, a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company (ASX: QRX), whose preclinical and clinical pipeline includes technologies in the fields of pain management and central nervous system disorders.
Sorority Awards National Scholarship to UA Student
Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. recently awarded its national scholarship to a University of Alabama student who has spent the past year battling stereotypes and promoting multiculturalism.
UA Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Insurance Prize
Wenan Fei, who received his doctoral degree in economics in May from The University of Alabama, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2007 Ernst Meyer Prize by the Geneva Association for the best dissertation in the area of risk management and insurance.
UA Co-Leads Joint U.S.-Cuban Archaeological Expedition
Researchers in an ongoing U.S.-Cuban archaeological expedition, co-led by The University of Alabama, are attempting to learn more about the native people Christopher Columbus encountered on his first voyage to the New World.
UA Receives $2 Million Gift from EBSCO Industries Inc.
Birmingham-based EBSCO Industries Inc. has made a $2 million gift to The University of Alabama’s “Our Students. Our Future.” capital campaign. The gift will be divided between UA’s Libraries and the Honors College.