College of Arts and Sciences

Professor Joel Brouwer

English Chairperson Named UA Associate Provost 

The chair of the University of Alabama English department has been named a UA associate provost.

Two university researchers pose for a photo in a police training simulation room.

Law Enforcement ‘Use of Force’ Study Moves Forward

University of Alabama researchers have expanded their study of law enforcement use of force, forming a partnership to help recruit participants.

‘There’s Still Time’

‘There’s Still Time’

A University of Alabama ecologist is integral to UA research in helping better understand freshwater mussels, improving efforts to conserve and restore the animal to the state’s streams and rivers.

Researchers in a lab hold a small device while discussing it.

Two UA Technologies Part of National Start-Up Program

Two innovative projects at The University of Alabama are part of a national program aimed to help take technology from the lab to the market.

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UA Research Examining How Heat Waves Are Getting Bigger

Dr. David Keellings was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between the size of heat waves and causes across the U.S. with the goal of developing predictive models.

A University of Alabama graduate student poses near her workspace in a biolgoical research lab.

Tears Turn to Success for Graduate Student

Jennie Thies starts her fourth year with more confidence after winning a highly competitive national grant, the NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a two-year pre-doctoral fellowship that covers tuition and health care and provides a stipend supporting her research in the Caldwell Lab.

Muscadines hanging on a tree

Wild Eats – Foraging for Your Grub

Believe it or not, food isn’t only found on grocery store shelves and farms. It’s all around, even in the average backyard.

Students pose with administrators to show off their Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award plaques.

Randall Outstanding Undergrad Research Awards Recognize Innovation

The Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program recognizes the best research activity conducted by undergraduate students at The University of Alabama.

A professor at The University of Alabama photographs an archaeological site of Mayan ruins.

Maya Violent Warfare Occurred Earlier Than Thought

An anthropologist at The University of Alabama is part of a team of researchers who show brutal warfare in Mayan civilizations occurred earlier than previously thought.

The star Sirius shines brightly in the night sky.

In Dog Days of Summer, Don’t Blame the Dog Star for the Heat

Heat is not the reason for the dog days of summer. At least, not directly.