National Academy of Sciences Member Joins UA Faculty
National Academy of Sciences member and a University of Alabama alumnus, Dr. Michael B.A. Oldstone, has joined the faculty of The University of Alabama in its College of Arts and Sciences.
Faculty & Staff
UA Parkinson’s Researcher Joins ‘Scientific Dream Team’ Through HHMI Collaborative Innovation Awards
Surprising—sometimes groundbreaking—findings can emerge when scientists follow ideas that stray from the primary path of their research. But these promising detours may prove challenging to pursue for scientists who need to marshal time, expertise, and resources in a constrained funding environment that favors more predictable research proposals.
UA Professor Studies Second Epidemic that Creates AIDS Orphans
A University of Alabama health studies specialist has found that within the AIDS crisis across the Deep South there is a second epidemic affecting the children of those who suffer with the deadly virus.
UA’s West Named Chair of the Board of Trustees for Executive MBA Council
Susan Carver West, assistant dean and head of The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, has been named chair of the board of trustees for the Executive MBA Council.
Movement Disorder Researchers Named Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professors at UA
A husband and wife professorial research team, who developed a microscopic worm as an animal model for studying human neurological diseases, are winners of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.
King Named Development Director for UA College of Arts and Sciences
Alicia King has been named The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences director of development where she will lead the College’s fundraising efforts and cultivate, solicit and steward gifts to the College.
Third-Grader’s Diagram Comparing Life in Country, City is Published in Key Medical Magazine, Thanks to UA Professor
How did a third-grader from Sylacauga end up being published in a respected journal on rural medicine?
UA Engineering Professor Named Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Faculty Advisor
Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently named the Society of Women Engineers 2008 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recipient.
Nelson Named Vice President for Student Affairs and Vice Provost at UA
Dr. Mark D. Nelson, a leading faculty member and administrator at The University of Alabama, has been named vice president for student affairs and vice provost at UA.
UA Engineering Professor Receives ‘Green’ Accreditation
Dr. Pauline Johnson, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, recently received LEED® accreditation though the Green Building Certification Institute with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council.