Colleges & Schools

UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute

UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute

For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.

UA Professor’s ‘PhotoVoices’ Project Receives $25,000 NEA Grant

A project by a University of Alabama professor has received a $25,000 “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

UA Social Work Students Launch Internship with Local District Attorney

UA Social Work Students Launch Internship with Local District Attorney

Katrena Dale would immediately feel the sting of the news she had to deliver.

UA Alumna Creates ‘Artificial Pancreas,’ Open-Source Blueprint

UA Alumna Creates ‘Artificial Pancreas,’ Open-Source Blueprint

A drop in blood glucose levels in the middle of the night can increase the risk of hypoglycemia, which can cause a range of symptoms that can linger throughout an entire morning.

UA School of Social Work Creates Continuing Education Program

UA School of Social Work Creates Continuing Education Program

The University of Alabama is now a hub for social work licensure preparation and continuing education.

UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose Benenati, a graduate student in aerospace engineering and mechanics from Lilburn, Georgia; and Dylan Christian Ullery, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering from

UA Social Work Professor Weaves Innovation Into Classes, Scholarship

UA Social Work Professor Weaves Innovation Into Classes, Scholarship

On a cold winter day, 7-year-old Kevin Corcoran laid across an air vent on the floor of his parents’ home.

UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest

UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest

Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Gender Differences Deepen, Grades Slide in Report Card on PR Leaders

The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations and Heyman Associates have collaborated to produce a Report Card on PR Leaders, updating their existing study completed in 2015.

Ancient Clam Species Named for Emeritus Geology Professor

Ancient Clam Species Named for Emeritus Geology Professor

Two European scientists recently named an ancient chemosynthetic clam after Dr. Paul Aharon, professor emeritus of geological sciences.