Dr. Robin Boylorn knows that sometimes wisdom can come from unexpected places, and she hopes she can bring some of that wisdom to life for students in the 2014 Last Lecture at The University of Alabama.
Using sunlight to create energy may seem a simple concept, but simple ideas often take creative solutions to become reality.
UA professor receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award – Engineering students participate in aircraft competition – Nursing students distribute bike helmets – Sorority publishes book to celebrate 40th anniversary – UA experts comment on slow food movement, rural health care – UA students’ zombie comedy to be screened – UA theatre department performs ‘Urinetown’ – Sororities host Easter egg hunt – Cosmologist to lecture – WRC plans events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
UA president addresses faculty and staff – Nursing students give bicycle helmets to kids – UA wins ‘Iron Bowl of Programming’ – Student receives engineering awards – Law school offers mortgage assistance clinic – Trustees approve storm shelter on UA campus – UA alumna shows off fashion line – Students compete in Speak-Off – Ferguson food court to expand
The Southeastern Conference announced Wednesday that The University of Alabama’s Dr. George C. Rable won the 2014 Faculty Achievement Award.
Zom-Com, a TV pilot produced by University of Alabama telecommunication and film students and faculty, will be screened as part of the Black Warrior Film Festival.
The Monsanto Co. held its cards close to the vest, refusing to publicly acknowledge the damage its PCB pollution was doing in Anniston, even though internal memos revealed the company knew about the dangers of its chemical dumping since the 1960s. Now a University of Alabama researcher has written a book that sheds new light on a pollution scandal that resulted in a $700 million legal settlement and—according to the EPA—still affects the bucolic southern city today.
UA geneticist looks at metabolites’ role in understanding disease – UA student studies shrinking salamanders – Student from Mobile wins UA’s Austin Cup – UA offers expo on summer programs – Panel discusses political polarization – UA grad receives Plank Award – and more…
Dr. Kristie Graettinger discusses why it’s important for women to have a pregnancy that lasts at least 39 weeks.
Top students recognized at Honors Day – UA trustees approve funding for capital projects – UA to build performing arts center, storm shelter – UA law school hosts symposium on Civil Rights Act – UA student, former children’s home resident, accepted to prestigious acting program – UA expert comments on attitudes toward drug offenders – UA hosts robotics competition – Arty Party benefits School of Music – UA town hall to discuss political extremism – and more…