Dr. Shane Sharpe has been named dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama. Sharpe has been serving as interim dean of the college for the past year and as director of UA’s Computer-Based Honors Program since 2005.
Two groups of students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.
Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama professor and head of civil, construction and environmental engineering, recently received the American Society of Civil Engineering’s ExCEEd Leadership Award.
Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Jefferson Davis Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
The University of Alabama has received five, three-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program that provide fellowships to assist graduate students pursuing fields of study that are in national demand.
A University of Alabama researcher whose work could lead to more affordable hydrogen-powered vehicles on the roadways has been recognized for his contribution to the overall efforts of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Center of Excellence in Chemical Hydrogen Storage.
The German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has selected a University of Alabama professor for its Humboldt Research Award.
Allison Hetzel, assistant professor of theatre and dance at The University of Alabama, will present her one-woman show “Considering Georgia O’Keeffe” in July at the East to Edinburgh Festival in New York City and in August at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the top theater festivals in the world.
The University of Alabama has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy grant totaling more than $4.85 million for a multidisciplinary project that will characterize geologic formations for carbon dioxide storage in Alabama.
Two University of Alabama professors have received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grant to research environmental clean-up solutions for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.