Faculty & Staff
UA Cares: United We Thrive
7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)
1. Haunting music In the Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Dr. Faythe Freese sits at UA’s famous Holtkamp pipe organ and plays a few bars. Recognize the composition? For many of us, this music brings to mind supernatural movie villains who have sent chills down the spines of audiences since the days of silent film. But
2016 Pre-Retirement Planning Series Opens
During the month of November, the UA Benefits Office will present the 2016 Pre-Retirement Planning Series, information-filled sessions designed for employees planning to retire within the next five years. The series offers a roadmap to get from “here” to there” in retirement. Each session will be facilitated by a lead professional to provide information and to answer questions.
Diversity, Inclusion Among Topics Discussed at SEC ALDP Fall Workshop
The Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program (SEC ALDP) recently held its fall workshop at The University of Alabama. The event brought the 2016-17 cohort of participants, known as fellows, from all 14 SEC universities together for the first time. Each SEC-wide event covers various issues faced by academic administrators in higher education today. Topics
UA Psychology Professor: Children Benefit from Halloween Activities
Whether or not you embrace the pageantry of Halloween, the parent-child activities associated with the holiday incorporate core developmental exercises for children, according to a psychology professor at The University of Alabama.
Philosopher to Discuss Race, Criminal Justice in UA Lecture
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, a philosophy scholar at the University of Michigan, will speak about race and criminal justice during the second lecture of The University of Alabama’s Philosophy Today Series.
President Stuart R. Bell on the Importance of Giving to United Way
UA Cares: United We Thrive
“The theme for this year’s campaign, UA CARES: UNITED WE THRIVE, represents the spirit of the faculty, staff and students as demonstrated through our service and generosity toward those on our campus as well as those in our surrounding communities. Our partnership with the United Way of West Alabama plays a vitally important role in
Exploring Possible Link between Pythons, Diabetes in Humans
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.