Destination UA: Algae Specimens Worldwide Are Tuscaloosa Bound
A University of Alabama researcher is the principal investigator in a large National Science Foundation project designed to discover and describe various types of green algae.
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UA Study Looks at Importance of Coping Skills during Hospital Stays
As hospitals move toward family-centered care, there is a greater need to evaluate the response of the whole family, not just the patient. By exploring the relationships between hospitalized children’s anxiety levels and mothers’ coping skills, a University of Alabama researcher hoped to learn more about how the health-care team can promote coping strategies in patients and families.
UA College of Engineering Opens 3-D Printing Lab
No longer a future technology, 3-D printing is becoming more commonplace in manufacturing and business, prompting The University of Alabama College of Engineering to open a lab that encourages creativity among faculty and students.
Smithsonian Conservationist to Give ‘Strange Bedfellows?’ Talk at UA
A research scientist with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute will discuss biodiversity studies done in collaboration with oil and gas companies in an upcoming talk at The University of Alabama.
UA Entrepreneurs Compete in Business Competition
Three entrepreneurially-minded teams with University of Alabama members are among the 12 participating in a statewide business competition.
UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.
Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab to Provide Coping, Research Opportunities
The University of Alabama will soon become the third university in the country, researchers say, to have a social work virtual reality lab.
Take Note: UA Professor Explores 17th-Century Shorthand in England
The University of Alabama and University Libraries invite the public to hear a lecture by Dr. Michael Mendle, professor of history at UA, titled “Absolutely the Most Important Thing You Know Nothing About: Shorthand and Civilization in 17th Century England.” The lecture will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in 205 Gorgas Library. The lecture is free; refreshments will be served.
Private Eyes: Study Looks at Alleviating Customers’ Privacy Concerns
By better understanding how consumers are made comfortable providing personal information online, University of Alabama marketing experts are providing website-development strategies beneficial to both customers and companies.
UA Astronomy Public Nights Feature Star-Gazing, Talk on Higgs Boson
The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy invites members of the community to attend a series of public nights this season to look at the heavens through UA telescopes. The first of the free viewings is Thursday, Jan. 24 in 227 Gallalee Hall. The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a talk by Dr. Conor Henderson, UA assistant professor of physics and astronomy, on the discovery of the Higgs boson, or Higgs particle. Beginning at 8 p.m., Ron Buta, UA assistant professor, welcomes visitors to peer at the moon and Jupiter through telescopes in the dome atop Gallalee Hall.