Telling a story – that’s what a 10-year, $5 million renovation of the Jones Archaeological Museum at Moundville Archaeological Park is about. The museum, about to reopen to the public after being closed for nearly two years, combines the latest technology with more than 200 stunning artifacts to describe one of the most significant Native American archaeological sites in the United States.
In a new book, Dr. Howard Jones of The University of Alabama describes just how close Britain, and other European powers, came to stepping in between North and South.
Dr. Michael A. Picone, professor of French and linguistics at The University of Alabama, serves as an assistant editor on a dictionary that preserves French as spoken in Louisiana.
University of Alabama graduate student Robin Cobb soon will remotely direct a research submarine as it hovers above the Atlantic Ocean’s floor some 2,000-3,000 feet below the surface.
Discovery of an antibiotic’s capacity to improve cell function in laboratory tests is providing movement disorder researchers with leads to more desirable molecules with potentially similar traits, according to University of Alabama scientists.
Dr. Yingyan Lou, assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, was awarded the Pikarsky Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in science and technology by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
At The University of Alabama, numerous researchers embark on the challenge to bioengineer systems, specifically in breast cancer detection, cancer treatment options and robotic prosthetics.
Weeds win over basketball in this lot in a low-income neighborhood surveyed by UA’s John Bolland and college interns.
The January 2010 New Construction Report, which includes building permits and housing starts, is posted at The University of Alabama’s Center for Real Estate Web site.
A University of Alabama geoscientist, whose research focuses on developing and sharing environmentally feasible ways of increasing oil and natural gas supplies, is this year’s winner of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.