Historical Commission, UA Offer Artifact Day at Old Cahawba
The Alabama Historical Commission and The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research are partnering to host Artifact Day at Old Cahawba Saturday, Oct. 1.
Research
UA Researchers: Speech, Gestures Impact Political Debate Perceptions
University of Alabama researchers are in the midst of analyzing impacts speech disfluencies had on perceptions of the 2012 presidential debates. Once completed, they will turn their attention to debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
A Greener Gusher
A University of Alabama chemistry professor and an international group of scientists are working to replace petrochemicals with wood.
UA Researchers Bring HIV Education to Parolees, Probationers
Analyses of efforts to provide HIV testing and education classes to parolees by a University of Alabama researcher and her colleagues recently published in the top scholastic journal on AIDS research.
UA’s Virtual Sandbox Lets Kids, Adults Learn about Hydrological Processes
Dr. Sagy Cohen, an assistant professor of geography at The University of Alabama who specializes in global hydrology, has completed the creation of an augmented reality sandbox.
UA Scientist Finds New Species on Ocean Floor
Dr. Kevin Kocot, a UA assistant professor in the department of biological sciences and curator of invertebrate zoology at UA’s Museum of Natural History, recently discovered new species when he explored the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
UA’s Cleanest Room
Take a virtual visit to this University of Alabama research laboratory via this slideshow.
Fruit-Fly Diet Impacts Descendants, UA Researcher Finds
For a fruit fly, what its grandparents ate may affect how much it weighs. But the passing down of a body type based on diet is not a simple cause and effect, a University of Alabama researcher has found.
Flood Prediction
“People didn’t have time to collect their gatherings, and they lost everything. Maybe in the near future we will be able to do a better job warning people about that.”
UA Awarded Research Grant to Focus on Entrepreneurship, Business Growth
The University of Alabama was awarded a $100,000 grant to support research to understand the factors leading to the successes and failures of businesses that went public in 1996, the largest initial public stock offering class on record.