Faculty & Staff

UA Researchers Win Grant to Study How Congregations Can Reduce AIDS Stigma

University of Alabama researchers have received a multiyear grant to examine the role that African-American congregations can play in reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma in rural Alabama.

UA Listed on National Honor Roll for Community Service

The University of Alabama has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for helping the community through service and service-learning partnerships.

Photographer to Present Talk on Cuban Collaboration and Book at UA

A research collaboration between Chip Cooper, noted Alabama photographer and faculty member in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Cuban Néstor Martí, a photographer for the Office of the Havana, has resulted in “Old Havana/La Habana Vieja,” a photography book released by The University of Alabama Press.

UA Engineering Professor Receives Grant to Make New Magnetic Material

The United States Department of Energy recently awarded a University of Alabama engineering professor, along with a team of researchers, a $1.26 million grant for an effort to create a bulk permanent magnet from alternatives to current rare earth minerals.

Capstone Leadership Academy Will Bring Talented High School Students to UA

A select group of high school sophomores invited from across the state will be attending the fifth annual Capstone Leadership Academy at The University of Alabama on March 8-9.

Community Service Center to Host Hunger Banquet at UA

The University of Alabama Community Service Center is sponsoring a hunger banquet on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Heritage Room. The event will give diners a first-hand look at food inequality worldwide.

UA Supply Chain Management, Logistics Program Ranks High in Research Productivity

A just-published paper examining author affiliation in supply chain management and logistics ranks The University of Alabama’s program ninth in each of two of the top journals in the field.

Building Consumer Trust Critical to Online Marketing Success, UA Researchers Find

New privacy policies will make consumers more likely to divulge personal information to online marketeers, according to a paper co-authored by University of Alabama researchers and just published in the “Journal of Service Research.”

Premier Awards for Scholarship, Leadership Announced at UA

Recipients of the 2012 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced at a presentation dinner Feb. 23.

Career Center Director Named at UA

John Travis Railsback has been named executive director of The University of Alabama Career Center.