Shells from mollusks presented to the dead during ancient funeral ceremonies are keys to helping a University of Alabama geologist gauge ocean movements near the Peruvian coast from as much as 13,000 years ago.
Inside the cafeteria at Tuscaloosa Magnet School, Sarah Barry is building a dance with eight students. She is among dozens of University of Alabama faculty and students working with the elementary school students in an ongoing enrichment program.
Remote access to a telescope in the Andes Mountains of Chile gives a group of astronomers and their students, including those at The University of Alabama, newly acquired peeks into the wonders of the Southern Hemisphere’s nighttime sky.
The University of Alabama psychology department will host the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture Friday, April 23, featuring guest speaker Dr. William Graziano.
Two teams affiliated with The University of Alabama are among nine finalists in a state-wide competition designed to help launch start-up companies.
Birth control for moths – that’s one way of describing the focus of a start-up company, based at The University of Alabama, hoping to take a bite out of the approximate $100 billion hole that insects inflict each year via crop losses worldwide.
The National Science Foundation selected two University of Alabama professors for CAREER Awards totaling more than $890,000 for research projects related to improving future electronics and for investigating terahertz technology, respectively.
Daniel Gerber, a junior in mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was named the second UA student to win the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation International Student Conference paper award.
Michael Sealy, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, received an International Research and Education in Engineering Program fellowship through the National Science Foundation to study in China on an international research project this summer.
A University of Alabama nursing and Computer-Based Honors Program student is striving to give a state disability advocacy program a means to better explore incidents with youth occurring in treatment facilities.