Faculty & Staff

UA Business School Inducts Three to Faculty Hall of Fame

Three retired faculty members were recently inducted into the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Faculty Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama.

Boys State Students at UA Celebrate 75th Anniversary, Take Part in Community Service

The University of Alabama and the West Alabama community are welcoming some 560 high school seniors to campus June 10-16 for the 75th annual American Legion Boys State convention that will include community service to improve Tuscaloosa parks.

Underground Search for Neutrino Properties Unveils First Results, UA Physicists Play Key Role

University of Alabama physicists developed and built the largest active component of a prototype particle physics detector now shedding light on some of the fundamental particles of matter.

UA Names New Director of Effort to Bring Campus Discoveries to Market Place

The University of Alabama named Dr. Richard P. Swatloski director of its Office for Technology Transfer.

UA Professor Selected for Fulbright Specialist Grant in China

Dr. Joy Burnham, associate professor and program coordinator in counselor education at The University of Alabama, was selected for a Fulbright Specialist grant in Education at Shenyang Normal University in China.

UA Researcher Receives Oak Ridge Powe Grant

Dr. Brian Fisher, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, is one of 30 researchers selected nationwide to receive a competitive grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program.

UA Astronomer Views Solar Eclipse Atop Arizona Mountain

Dr. William “Bill” Keel, professor of astronomy at The University of Alabama, captured this image of a solar eclipse Sunday evening from the MMT Observatory atop Mount Hopkins, Arizona, about 40 miles south of Tucson.

UA Social Work Professor Named Hartford Faculty Scholar

Dr. Avani Shah, assistant professor of social work at The University of Alabama, is one of eight geriatric social work professionals nationally to be named a 2012 Hartford Faculty Scholar by the Gerontological Society of America.

Big Event at UA to Study the Very Small

More than 180 scientists from 12 countries who research materials at the atomic scale will soon be on campus in what organizers said is a strong statement on the growing research reputation of The University of Alabama and its College of Engineering.

UA Students Secure $5.8 Million in Tax Refunds for Alabama Families through SaveFirst

University of Alabama students recently worked at free tax preparation sites across the state to prepare more than 3,200 returns for working families to secure $5.8 million in tax refunds and save almost $1 million in tax preparation fees.