Long-Time UA History Professor Dies
Long-time University of Alabama history professor Dr. Robert Erwin Johnson died Monday, Jan 28, after battling a short-term illness. He was 84.
Faculty & Staff
UA Engineering Professor Earns NSF Career Award
Dr. C. Heath Turner, Reichhold-Shumaker assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. CAREER Awards are NSF’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists and engineers who are beginning their careers.
Genes Linked to Parkinson’s Protection Identified by UA Researchers
University of Alabama researchers have identified five genes within animal models displaying protective capabilities against a hallmark trait of Parkinson’s disease.
UA Political Scientist Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Grant
Dr. Douglas Gibler, assistant professor of political science in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for research into understanding global conflict.
UA Art Faculty Displays Wide Range of Talent at Gallery
Sculpture, paintings, drawings and other artworks that show off the vivid imaginations of The University of Alabama’s art faculty are on display at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (http://art.ua.edu/moody.html).
UA Astronomers on Team Describing New Evidence of ‘Inconvenient’ Galaxy
Discovery of two new components within a puzzling spiral galaxy confirm it must have a pair of arms winding in the opposite direction from most galaxies, according to results being presented today to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. Presenting the results are Drs. Gene Byrd and Ron Buta, from The University of Alabama; Tarsh Freeman, Bevill Community College; and Dr. Sethanne Howard, retired from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
UA Professor Elected to Board of Group Boosting Alabama-Germany Ties
A University of Alabama professor is pushing for deeper cultural and economic ties between the state and the Federal Republic of Germany – and he now holds a key position from which he can push for stronger links and deeper understanding.
UA Astronomer Triggers Public’s Online Search for Overlapping Galaxies
Armchair astronomers using the galaxyzoo.org Web site have identified more than 500 overlapping galaxies in the local Universe when astronomers had previously only known of 20 such systems.
UA Professors Offer Media Insights Into 2008 Campaign
With the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses approaching, faculty members at The University of Alabama are ready to help you with insights into the political process as the deeply unsettled field of candidates vie to succeed President George W. Bush.
A ‘Caregiving Crisis’ Looms in 2008
A “caregiving crisis” is likely to occur in 2008, says Dr. Lucinda Lee Roff, professor of social work at The University of Alabama.