NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a set of wispy, goblin-green objects that are the ephemeral ghosts of quasars that flickered to life and then faded. A University of Alabama astronomer initiated the Hubble survey.
University of Alabama student Brandon McChristian hopes his research of sound waves generated from colliding football helmets leads to a a better understanding of the forces involved in those collisions and, perhaps one day, enables inexpensive sensing methods for a safer game.
Dr. John F. Dovidio, the Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology at Yale University, will deliver the 2015 Basowitz Memorial Lecture at The University of Alabama April 10.
A noted behavioral expert will give the keynote address for a graduate student symposium in The University of Alabama College of Education April 9.
Over the next year, The University of Alabama’s Dr. Margaret Stran will conduct a manual wheelchair study in which she’ll adjust chairs of students at Tuscaloosa City and Tuscaloosa County School systems. The study is funded by a grant from the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
The nation’s foremost experts on professional responsibility and legal ethics will discuss ethical and moral dilemmas in the legal profession during an April 10 symposium at The University of Alabama School of Law.
Grady named UA vice president for student affairs – Elliot Spillers inaugurated as SGA president – UA students compete in ECOCar Challenge – UA wins Hoverbowl Challenge – UA to host Civil War lectures – UA expert comments on hospital bill – Study shows state trooper shortage – UA walk raises mental health awareness – Business prof speaks on strategy
A selection of contemporary fine art prints from the William and Sara Hall Collection will be on display at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center April 10-June 10.
David Grady named vice president for student affairs – UA MBA program ranked in top 60 – Thirteen faculty members to receive new research award – UA experts comment on steel industry, school success – UA students walk for suicide prevention – BFA students’ art to be exhibited in Cultural Arts Center – and more…
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