Anxiety and depression will threaten Americans’ mental health in 2009 as the recession progresses, says Dr. Martha Crowther, associate professor of psychology at The University of Alabama.
National Academy of Sciences member and a University of Alabama alumnus, Dr. Michael B.A. Oldstone, has joined the faculty of The University of Alabama in its College of Arts and Sciences.
Surprising—sometimes groundbreaking—findings can emerge when scientists follow ideas that stray from the primary path of their research. But these promising detours may prove challenging to pursue for scientists who need to marshal time, expertise, and resources in a constrained funding environment that favors more predictable research proposals.
A University of Alabama health studies specialist has found that within the AIDS crisis across the Deep South there is a second epidemic affecting the children of those who suffer with the deadly virus.
Susan Carver West, assistant dean and head of The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, has been named chair of the board of trustees for the Executive MBA Council.
A husband and wife professorial research team, who developed a microscopic worm as an animal model for studying human neurological diseases, are winners of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.
Alicia King has been named The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences director of development where she will lead the College’s fundraising efforts and cultivate, solicit and steward gifts to the College.
How did a third-grader from Sylacauga end up being published in a respected journal on rural medicine?
Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently named the Society of Women Engineers 2008 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recipient.
Dr. Mark D. Nelson, a leading faculty member and administrator at The University of Alabama, has been named vice president for student affairs and vice provost at UA.