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.
A University of Alabama start-up company developing technology to charge cell phones, and other portable devices, wirelessly advanced today to the finale of a state-wide business competition.
Dr. Catherine Roach, professor in The University of Alabama’s New College, has received a Fulbright-University of Leeds Distinguished Chair Award for 2013-14.
The Management Information Systems program at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce is ranked No. 4 among public universities and No. 8 among all universities, according to the 2013 Bloomberg Businessweek rankings.