UA Offers Grad Students, Postdocs Free Membership to NCFDD
The University of Alabama is offering graduate students and post-doctoral scholars the opportunity to join the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development at no cost.
Colleges & Schools
UA Leads Effort to Understand Imperiled Mussel Biodiversity
A nearly $1.8 million project led by The University of Alabama hopes to identify the processes and mechanisms that underlie patterns of biodiversity in freshwater mussels to better arm managers of environmental resources.
New UA Degree Program Targets Addiction, Recovery
The University of Alabama’s department of human development and family studies will prepare students to combat a wide-variety of addictive disorders through a new Bachelor of Science in Addiction and Recovery.
Make the Most of Your Halloween Pumpkin
Your jack-o-lantern doesn’t have to die when Halloween ends. Give it new life as part of your holiday fare.
New Grad Program Integrates Data Analysis, Business Applications
To prepare students for data analytic career opportunities, the Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business now offers a Master of Science in Business Analytics.
Capstone Agency Again Named Nation’s Top Student-Run Firm
UA’s Capstone Agency was awarded Best Campaign, Best Tactic and Best Student-Run Firm in the 2018 Public Relations Student Society of America Student-Run Firm Awards in Austin, Texas.
UA Team Receives $1M Grant to Develop Tool to Combat Opioid Abuse
A research unit at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business received an approximate $1 million grant from the Justice Department to develop a data-driven tool to help officials better understand the scope of the opioid epidemic in Alabama
UA Engineers Part of Research to Maximize U.S. Fuel Economy
Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama will test a blend of a new bio-based fuel and diesel fuel as part of a project to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.
Men in Leadership Gain from Psychopathic Behavior, Women Punished
People with psychopathic tendencies are slightly more likely to be a company boss, but a new study finds men are allowed a pass for those inclinations while women are punished.
UA Rural Medical Scholars Program Welcomes New Class
Ten students from rural Alabama who plan to become physicians practicing in rural communities in the state have been accepted into The University of Alabama’s Rural Medical Scholars Program for the 2018-19 academic year.