This week at The University of Alabama: UA expert looks at tv coverage of men vs. women athletes at the Olympics – High school physics competition on campus – Research shows increase in rural crashes during winter storms – UA adds two engineering degrees – UA experts comment on climate change, navigating science fairs, exercise recommendations – Events
Great recipes take time, patience, and just the right ingredients. Just as a chef combines ingredients to create something amazing, Sarah Barry, University of Alabama associate professor of dance, has combined dance, original music and sculptures to create “aeolian,” one of the dance pieces featured in the UA theatre and dance department’s production of Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, Feb. 18-22 at Morgan Auditorium.
Science fair projects can be rewarding, challenging and, sometimes, even a bit stressful for young students and their parents. The University of Alabama’s Julie Covin offers a few tips that just might help your student bring home the blue-ribbon prize.
UA names new wheelchair basketball coaches – ‘Unchaining Alabama’ slavery display opens – UAPD officer among Law Enforcement Officers of the Year – UA student’s dog wins Best of Breed – Miss UA pageant set for Saturday – UA faculty use technology to make up work missed during winter weather – and more…
UA’s 3D printing lab prints G-quadruplex molecule – UA research shows increase in rural road wrecks during winter weather – UA museum celebrates Darwin Day – UA prof publishes 13th novel – UA neurologist comments on recovery from brain injury – Faculty showcase artwork – Million Dollar Band to perform in Mobile Mardi Gras parade – and more…
University of Alabama researcher, Dr. Adam Lankford, defies conventional wisdom in seeking terrorism triggers.
The Board of the Friends of WUAL, which supports University of Alabama-housed Alabama Public Radio, is hosting two fundraisers in February that will delight the palates of food lovers in Tuscaloosa.
University of Pennsylvania biologist Dr. Sarah Tishkoff will present the next installment of the 2013-2014 Alabama’s Lecture on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, Series with her lecture “African Evolutionary Genomics: Implications for Human Origins and Disease.”
More than 400 students are expected to participate in the 2014 regional Science Olympiad competition at The University of Alabama Saturday, Feb. 22, beginning at 9 a.m.
International biodiversity experts will join Dr. Edward O. Wilson, a University of Alabama alumnus, for research presentations and forums on the state and future of biodiversity April 22-24.