Bomar Named Executive Director of UA Museums
Dr. William Bomar was recently appointed to executive director of The University of Alabama Museums.
Campus Impact
UA Doctoral Student Named Tillman Military Scholar
Michael A. LaRocca, a University of Alabama doctoral student in clinical psychology, is one of 60 U.S. service members, veterans and military spouses chosen as 2014 Tillman Military Scholars, a program of the Pat Tillman Foundation.
With Patented Technology, UA Professor Hopes to Improve Electronic Devices
Electronic devices could be made cheaper, smaller and more efficient by reducing the complexity of their internal method of converting and regulating energy, according to a patent by a University of Alabama engineering professor.
UA Business School Reaches Out with New Diversity Initiative
A new initiative at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce aims to recruit and reach out to rising high school seniors with diverse backgrounds who are enrolled in magnet and accelerated programs.
UA School of Law and ABA Journal Announce Finalists for 2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have named the finalists for the 2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The public is invited to cast its votes on the ABA Journal website [www.abajournal.com] to help determine the winner.
UA Scientists Identify Metabolic Link between Aging, Parkinson’s
University of Alabama researchers identified within animal models an enzyme that links genetic pathways that control aging with the death of dopamine neurons – a clinical hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.
UA Engineering Professor Hopes to Improve Carbon-Capture with Patented Technology
Less than a year after patenting a process that could improve stripping greenhouse gasses from industrial emissions, a University of Alabama engineering professor was recently granted another patent that uses a different solvent to accomplish the same goal.
UA’s Paul W. Bryant Museum Offers Free Admission to Active Military, Families
The University of Alabama’s Paul W. Bryant Museum is honoring active duty military personnel and their families by participating in a program that offers free admission to the museum through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1.
ExxonMobil Foundation Presents UA With Matching Donations Check
The ExxonMobil Foundation recently gave more than $52,000 to The University of Alabama.
Google Grant Helps UA Professor Offer Online Training to Teachers Nationwide
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course this summer to train high-school teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board AP exam.