J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences

UA Professor Finds John Stuart Mill in the Margins

UA Professor Finds John Stuart Mill in the Margins

More than a century after John Stuart Mill’s personal library was donated to an Oxford college, a University of Alabama English professor and a team of international collaborators are allowing a broader audience access to the history literally hand-written by Mill into the margins of his books.

UA Doctoral Student Empowering Older Adults Through Sex Ed

UA Doctoral Student Empowering Older Adults Through Sex Ed

Christina Pierpaoli Parker’s dissertation, “The Senior Sex Education Experience (SEXEE) Study,” currently in proposal, will design, implement and evaluate sex education for older adults, focusing on risk-reduction, improving sexual function, and increasing sexual health communication between older adults and health providers.

Alumnus Launches Leadership, Entrepreneurship Program with Gift

Alumnus Launches Leadership, Entrepreneurship Program with Gift

Jeffrey A. Levitetz has committed $1 million through his family’s foundation to The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences to establish the Levitetz Leadership Program.

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New UA Center to Focus on Water Science and Engineering

A new research center at The University of Alabama aims to improve accuracy of data and reduce uncertainty for water management and emergency preparedness.

UA Recognizes Undergrad Randall Research Award Winners

UA Recognizes Undergrad Randall Research Award Winners

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

Students Learn Alabama History Through Plays

Students Learn Alabama History Through Plays

The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance has partnered with the English department to present “Our Tuscaloosa,” a series of three plays that tell the stories of important events in Alabama’s history in celebration of the state’s bicentennial.

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

For the first time researchers studying a deadly virus modeled how it spreads to young trout and salmon in the waters of the Columbia River Basin, showing that migrating adult fish are the main source of exposure.

Tradition Set: First Bama Blitz Raises $1.8 Million

Tradition Set: First Bama Blitz Raises $1.8 Million

University of Alabama officials have announced that the inaugural Bama Blitz raised more than $1.8 million in gifts from 1,810 supporters.

Light Therapy

Light Therapy

Grief for a young colleague and natural intellectual curiosity launched Dr. Elizabeth T. Papish on a path toward using a metal, light and acidity to battle cancer cells. Trials and treatments may still be far in the future, but Papish’s research has, at least, pointed in a potentially beneficial direction.

Four Graduating Art Students Exhibit their Work at UA Gallery

Four Graduating Art Students Exhibit their Work at UA Gallery

The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History will present an exhibition of four graduating art and art history majors work April 16-19 at the Sella-Granata Art Gallery.