UA Sets Record with 10 Students Named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team

A record 10 University of Alabama students have been named to USA Today’s 2010 All-USA College Academic Team. Once again, UA led the nation with the most students on the team, and set a record for the most students any university has ever placed on the team in a single year. UA students Alan Blinder, Connor Johnson, Kendra Key, Dana Lewis, Joy Driver Aldridge, Richard Cockrum, Susan DeLeon, Amy Frees, Kalen Berry and Rebecca Long were named to the team.

UA Theatre Professor to Perform One-Woman Show in New York, Edinburgh

Allison Hetzel, assistant professor of theatre and dance at The University of Alabama, will present her one-woman show “Considering Georgia O’Keeffe” in July at the East to Edinburgh Festival in New York City and in August at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the top theater festivals in the world.

UA Receives DOE Grant for Carbon Storage Research

The University of Alabama has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy grant totaling more than $4.85 million for a multidisciplinary project that will characterize geologic formations for carbon dioxide storage in Alabama.

UA Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research

The University of Alabama announced today that an interdisciplinary research team has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

UA Biology Professors Receive NSF Grant to Research Oil Spill

Two University of Alabama professors have received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grant to research environmental clean-up solutions for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

UA Professor Receives Powe Award

Dr. Yuping Bao, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been named a recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Researcher Explores ‘Cryptic,’ Abundant Algae

Researcher Explores ‘Cryptic,’ Abundant Algae

If you brushed your teeth this morning, poured dressing on your salad at lunch, or licked the cold sweetness of ice cream from your lips this afternoon, you’ve likely had a close encounter with algae.

On the Brink: Historian Reveals U.K.’s Dilemma During U.S. Civil War

At a two-day meeting of the British Cabinet in late 1862, the most powerful men in the United Kingdom were on the brink of intervening in the Civil War raging in America.

UA Senior Heads for China on a Fulbright Scholarship

Jessica Hetherington, a University of Alabama senior, is headed for China on a Fulbright Scholarship, fulfilling a dream she had at age 17.

Clash of the Concrete Titans – UA Competes in the 2010 National Concrete Canoe Competition

UA’s concrete canoe team will trek to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., June 17-19, for the American Society of Civil Engineers’ National Concrete Canoe Competition