Humans couldn’t be further away from snakes in the evolutionary chain, but snakes’ ability to grow and restructure particular organs could impact future treatments for diabetes and other diseases in humans, according to a biology professor at The University of Alabama.
Dr. Jerry Rosiek, associate professor of education at the University of Oregon, will discuss resegregation of American schools during the annual Laible Lecture, Thursday at The University of Alabama.
Carl Clark was a high school chemistry teacher in Chicago when Dr. Howard Miller, a psychology professor at The University of Alabama, recruited him to pursue graduate school at UA.
Students and community members will have the chance to learn how incarceration in the U.S. is changing and what law enforcement agencies are doing to modernize, adapt, and respond to the issues facing offenders in jails and prisons during a community panel Wedneday, Oct. 19, at The University of Alabama.
Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to enroll at The University of Alabama, and Judy Merritt, the first woman to serve as president of a college in the state of Alabama, are among the inductees of the 2016 Educator Hall of Fame class.
Ten faculty members at The University of Alabama will take part in the 2016-17 Southeastern Conference Faculty Travel Program, which provides travel support and encourages collaboration among colleagues at other SEC member institutions.
The former director of the Department of Youth Services and one of the leaders of Alabama’s trailblazing Children’s Health Insurance Program are among the 2016 inductees to the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame.
Child interventions following incidents of bullying should be revamped to address incidents of relational peer victimization, according to a human development researcher at The University of Alabama.
Tyrell F. Jordan, a Birmingham attorney and alumnus of The University of Alabama, has created a $25,000 endowed scholarship to support students from underrepresented urban communities.
The University of Alabama psychology department will celebrate its influential role in desegregation Friday, Sept. 30 at its first desegregation symposium. The event will begin at 3 p.m. in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on the UA campus.