UA Chemistry Program Helps Prepare Future Scientists
A UA summer program supported by the National Science Foundation is helping prepare the next generation of chemists and scientific researchers.
UA Researchers Suggest New Approach in Development Efforts for Parkinson’s Therapeutics
Researchers outline today a new approach in the potential development of drugs to counter a cellular defect that triggers Parkinson’s and other diseases.
UA Arts and Sciences’ ‘Space/Place’ Installed at Huntsville Biotech Institute
“Space/Place,” an installation featuring two sculptures of molecules by University of Alabama sculpture professor Craig Wedderspoon, has touched down on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville.
UA Journalism Students Produce French Lifestyle Magazine ‘Alpine Living’
A University of Alabama journalism class recently produced the third edition of Alpine Living, a multimedia lifestyle magazine on French culture, as part of a capstone journalism course in magazine production.
Noted Economist to Keynote UA CBER’s Economic Update Event
Alabama business executives, policymakers and development professionals will have the opportunity to get an updated outlook for the global, U.S., Alabama and Birmingham economies at a new Mid-Year Economic Update event, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
UA Announces Completion of Successful Capital Campaign
The University of Alabama raised $612,672,016 in the “Our Students. Our Future.” capital campaign that ended on June 30. The original goal of $500 million established at the start of the campaign in 2002 was met in May 2008.
UA Matters: A Primer on Web 2.0 and Social Media
There was a time when writing meant using a pencil or pen to place words on a page and going to a meeting required some form of travel. Today, communication involves “tweeting,” “Skyping” and posting on something called a “wiki.” So how does one make sense of the new World Wide Web and how to use it?
Ernst & Young Commits More Than $600,000 to The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy
The current partners, retired partners, principals and employees of Ernst & Young have committed more than $600,000 over the next five years to The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy.
Dr. John L. Blackburn, Long-Time UA Administrator and Civic Leader, Dies
Dr. John L. Blackburn, a veteran administrator at The University of Alabama and a prominent civic leader, died July 3, 2009, in Tuscaloosa.
U.S. Census: State’s Smaller Towns, Cities Gaining Population
U.S. Census Bureau estimates show Alabama’s smaller towns and cities are gaining population. The state, overall, is estimated to have grown 4.8 percent.