J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences

UA Creates Accelerated Master’s Program for Math Education

UA Creates Accelerated Master’s Program for Math Education

The University of Alabama has created a new pathway to get the best and brightest minds into secondary mathematics teacher education.

UA Researchers Help Find New Path to Promising Parkinson’s Treatment

UA Researchers Help Find New Path to Promising Parkinson’s Treatment

Three researchers at The University of Alabama are part of work leading to a new direction for drug discovery in the quest to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Fruit Flies May Help Understand How Some Species Eat Poison

Fruit Flies May Help Understand How Some Species Eat Poison

Out of hundreds of species of fruit flies, a handful can eat toxic mushrooms, and understanding why and how they pull this off could answer broader questions about evolution and adaptation.

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UA’s Paul R. Jones Gallery Presents Art Exhibit on Surrealism, Fantasy

The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Gallery is exhibiting “Lucid Dreaming: Surrealism and Fantasy in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art.” Free to the public, the exhibit is open now through Oct. 27 at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa.

NSF Grant Funds Engineering Preparatory Class, Scholarships

NSF Grant Funds Engineering Preparatory Class, Scholarships

The University of Alabama College of Engineering is using a National Science Foundation grant to start three preparatory classes and a scholarship fund in an effort to address student retention.

Anthropologist to Discuss Skin Evolution in ALLELE Lecture Series at UA

Anthropologist to Discuss Skin Evolution in ALLELE Lecture Series at UA

The University of Alabama’s ALLELE Lecture series will host Dr. Nina G. Jablonski on Friday, Sept. 15 for her lecture “Human Skin Color is an Evolutionary Adaptation, not a Racial Characteristic.”

Art That Impacts the Human Condition

Art That Impacts the Human Condition

University of Alabama junior art major Camille Mancuso will soon begin a new creative direction.

UA Researcher Awarded Two NSF Grants

UA Researcher Awarded Two NSF Grants

Dr. Douglas Gibler, professor and political science researcher at The University of Alabama Institute for Social Science Research, was recently awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation.

UA Researcher Looks at Why Nations Fight

UA Researcher Looks at Why Nations Fight

Dr. Douglas Gibler, professor and political science researcher at The University of Alabama Institute for Social Science Research, is leading a study of international conflicts and their causes, which could help policymakers and political scientists better predict the outcomes of high-stakes, international bargaining.