Dr. Stephen Katsinas, director of the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama, recently spoke at the U.S. Department of Education’s Rural Community College Alliance meeting in Washington, D.C. hosted by Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
The University of Alabama has been approved for a $1.27 million research award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study different psychosocial treatments for the management of chronic pain.
A piece of handmade and hand-cut paper, made from the bark of a Tuscaloosa paper mulberry tree, unites through art the symbolic protector of a remote Mexican village with Big Al, thanks to an intrepid University of Alabama professor’s creative research.
The University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees has named Dr. Arunava Gupta, a professor of chemistry and chemical and biological engineering at UA, a Distinguished University Research Professor.
The University of Alabama and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered together to create a trained workforce capable of meeting the medical and mental health needs of veterans in rural communities.
Dr. John Baker was recently named head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics in The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
Researchers from The University of Alabama were awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and support collaborative research between academic researchers and residents of Alabama communities disproportionately impacted by poor health.
As hospitals move toward family-centered care, there is a greater need to evaluate the response of the whole family, not just the patient. By exploring the relationships between hospitalized children’s anxiety levels and mothers’ coping skills, a University of Alabama researcher hoped to learn more about how the health-care team can promote coping strategies in patients and families.
No longer a future technology, 3-D printing is becoming more commonplace in manufacturing and business, prompting The University of Alabama College of Engineering to open a lab that encourages creativity among faculty and students.
Dr. Mary Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA)/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award for 2012.