Faculty & Staff

Geoscientist Named UA Burnum Winner

A University of Alabama geoscientist, whose research focuses on developing and sharing environmentally feasible ways of increasing oil and natural gas supplies, is this year’s winner of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.

LUNAFEST Film Festival, Lecture Series Hosted by UA Women’s Resource Center

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is hosting the LUNAFEST Lecture Series and Film Festival with events March 1-9.

First Alabama Real Estate Confidence Index Available Via UA Web Site

The first Alabama Real Estate Confidence Index, compiled by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama, reports a slight negative bias in real estate for the first quarter of 2010.

Capstone International Celebrates Sakura Festival at UA

The University of Alabama Capstone International Center will celebrate the 24th annual Sakura Festival with Tuscaloosa’s “Matsuri in the Mall” on Saturday, Feb.27, and a host of cultural activities throughout March.

UA Metallurgical Engineering Professor Selected for Professional Development Award

Dr. Nitin Chopra, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently selected for the 2010 TMS Electronic, Magnetic and Photonic Materials Division Young Leader Professional Development Award.

UA College of Continuing Studies Associate Director Receives Scholarship Award

Geri Stone, associate director of professional development and conference services in The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, recently received the Wayne Whelan Scholarship from the Association for Continuing Higher Education Inc.

What Makes You Beautiful Exhibit Opens at UA Gallery

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and University Recreation are presenting an exhibit of photographs called “What Makes You Beautiful: Loving Yourself Inside & Out” in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery through Feb. 28.

UA Engineering Professor Selected for GENI Research Team

Dr. Xiaoyan Hong, an associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, has been selected for one of 33 academic and industry teams to be funded by the National Science Foundation to advance research in network science and engineering in an effort known as GENI.

UA Partners with Soles4Souls to Collect Shoes for Haiti Relief

The University of Alabama is partnering with Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity, to collect shoes for relief efforts to help the people of Haiti.

UA Celebrates African-American Heritage Month with Theme ‘Black Economic Empowerment’

African-American Heritage Month is being celebrated at The University of Alabama with a wide variety of events on campus and a 2010 theme of “Black Economic Empowerment.”