UA Hosts Workshop to Introduce Minority Faculty to Engineering
Science faculty members from historically black colleges and universities nationwide are visiting The University of Alabama campus to attend a three-week engineering workshop.
Research
UA Study Showing Economic Impact of Child Abuse to be Discussed in June 12 Press Conference in Montgomery
News conference to announce findings of study, “The Costs of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama’s Experience.”
Deadly Lessons
The 2004 Sumatra tsunami that killed some 280,000 people along opposite shores of the Indian Ocean was one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history. It may also prove to be a great teacher, says Dr. Timothy Masterlark, a University of Alabama geologist who was among the first to survey the origin of the massive, tsunami-triggering earthquake, deep beneath the Indian Ocean.
Student Innovation
Call it what you want – ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, physical computing, tangible media – but patent applications now making their way through the approval process could mean big things for The University of Alabama and its M.B.A./M.S. dual degree program for Enterprise Consulting and the computer-based honors program.
Parkinson’s Organization Awards UA Students Research Funds
Three University of Alabama students will spend the summer researching causes and cures of a debilitating movement disorder, through the financial support of the Birmingham-based Parkinson Association of Alabama Inc.
Rusty but New
A University of Alabama geochemist, in conjunction with industrial partners, is developing and testing a method to prevent arsenic at contaminated sites from leaching, or filtering, through the soil and into drinking water supplies. Central to its effectiveness is, oddly enough, rust.
Seeking Solutions
From national security issues, to high oil prices, to environmental impacts, reasons for the growing search for alternative energy sources are broad-based. Now, a national security laboratory, with an assist from a University of Alabama engineer, is using what appear to be giant, steel traffic cones to try and turn nuclear fusion into a realistic energy alternative.
A Song from the Heart
Dr. Hideo Fujiwara, a University of Alabama physicist, has sung the praises of the campus’ information storage research center to some of the world’s biggest electronic names, but he can frequently be heard singing a different tune.
Going for Gold
As the University of Alabama positions itself for major growth in its research activities, it is simultaneously launching a multi-year accreditation effort designed to offer the most comprehensive protection available to its human research participants.
Oldest Writing from New World Creates Buzz
Carved across the surface of a 26-pound stone slab unearthed in Veracruz, Mexico is the oldest known writing ever discovered in the Americas, according to a paper published in the Sept. 15 issue of the journal Science by a 7-person team of archaeologists, including Dr. Richard A. “Dick” Diehl, professor of anthropology at The University of Alabama.