Cleaning the World
A device shown to reduce vehicle emissions heads down the commercialization road.
Research
UA Museum to Present ‘Ghost Bird’ Documentary
UA’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a screening of “Ghost Bird,” the documentary by Scott Crocker, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in room 205 of Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Undergraduates Invited to Enter Research and Creative Activity Conference
Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to enter The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 11 at the Bryant Conference Center.
Major Symposium on Business Analytics Coming to UA
A major symposium scheduled for Feb. 3-4 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus will underscore the expertise that exists at the Culverhouse College of Commerce in the burgeoning area of business analytics.
Young Lecture Honors Late UA English Professor
Dr. Vincent Odamtten, professor of English at Hamilton College, will deliver the first Dr. Robert Milton Young Memorial Lecture in African American Literary and Cultural Theory at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in 205 Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Archaeologist Named AAAS Fellow
Dr. Richard A. Diehl, a University of Alabama archaeologist specializing in MesoAmerica, has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow.
Hubble Study, Led by UA Astronomer, Zooms in on a Space Oddity
One of the strangest space objects ever seen is being scrutinized by the penetrating vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in a study led by a University of Alabama astronomer.
In ‘God’s Almost Chosen Peoples,’ UA Historian Explores Religion in Civil War
In the new book, “God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War,” Dr. George C. Rable, Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at The University of Alabama, examines how Americans used their faith to explain and deal with the enormous costs of the Civil War.
UA to Receive more than $780,000 for Researching Oil Spill Impact
Eighteen University of Alabama researchers have been awarded more than three-quarters of a million dollars, combined, as part of the first installment from BP for research into the impact of the Gulf oil spill.
UA Researchers Invite Public to ‘Science Cafe’ Jan. 15
Researchers from The University of Alabama invite the public to learn more about nanotechnology – the science of the ultra small – via a Science Café scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Barnes & Noble book store on McFarland Boulevard.