A new book by Dr. Kari Frederickson, a University of Alabama associate professor of history, explores how the Cold War changed the American South in ways that are just now being understood.
The Bible says the prophet is not honored in his own country; The University of Alabama’s Hank Lazer could say the same thing is true about poets.
The American Chemical Society will induct Dr. David Dixon, a University of Alabama chemistry professor, into its 2013 class of ACS Fellows, the society announced.
Dr. Ron Buta, University of Alabama professor of astronomy and physics, has spent the past two years collecting slabs of fossil trackways from a surface coal mine in Carbon Hill. He recently donated his collection, which includes more than 1,200 slabs of fossil footprints, to UA Museum Collections.
Dr. Vincent F. Scalfani, a University of Alabama faculty member, has combined his passions for chemistry, libraries, teaching, 3-D printing and photography to create a black-and-white photo that won an international journal-cover photograph contest.
Dr. Allen S. Parrish, computer science professor and director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety at The University of Alabama, was recognized as a Fellow of CSAB, the lead society for accreditation of degree programs in computer science, information systems, software engineering and information technology.
The Jim Oakley Family Scholarship at The University of Alabama will provide financial assistance to students completing summer internships.
A division of the largest U.S. organization for mass communication and journalism educators named Dr. Wilson Lowrey, University of Alabama professor of journalism, its top educator for 2013.
University of Alabama archaeologists are discovering artifacts that will help them piece together the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago.
Dr. Chunmiao Zheng, professor of geological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been named as the 2013 recipient of the O.E Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America.