Researcher to Discuss Teaching Life Skills in UA Lecture
Dr. Michael A. Hemphill, an expert in physical education, will detail a new method for teaching life skills through sport in a lecture Monday, Oct. 24 at The University of Alabama.
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UA Study Finds Unexplainable Activity in Distant Stars
Space energy anomalies more than 50 million light years from our galaxy are creating conditions that should be destroying stars, but instead are regenerating them, according to an astronomer at The University of Alabama.
Put it on the Wall: UA Social Work Students Create Unique Awareness Project
As students from the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama analyzed the responses from a campus project Thursday at The Ferguson Center, there was a common thread: peace, love and unity.
UA Launches Website for Studying Scottsboro Trials
The Alabama Digital Humanities Center is launching a new online database called “‘To See Justice Done’: Letters from the Scottsboro Trials,” at noon Monday, Oct. 24, in room 109a of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
Exploring Possible Link between Pythons, Diabetes in Humans
Humans couldn’t be further away from snakes in the evolutionary chain, but snakes’ ability to grow and restructure particular organs could impact future treatments for diabetes and other diseases in humans, according to a biology professor at The University of Alabama.
A Look at the Traditions of The University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band
Educator to Discuss Segregation, Impact on Curriculum at UA Lecture
Dr. Jerry Rosiek, associate professor of education at the University of Oregon, will discuss resegregation of American schools during the annual Laible Lecture, Thursday at The University of Alabama.
Former UA Faculty, Graduates Reflect on Roles as Civil Rights Trailblazers
Carl Clark was a high school chemistry teacher in Chicago when Dr. Howard Miller, a psychology professor at The University of Alabama, recruited him to pursue graduate school at UA.
UA Criminal Justice to Host Incarceration Discussion
Students and community members will have the chance to learn how incarceration in the U.S. is changing and what law enforcement agencies are doing to modernize, adapt, and respond to the issues facing offenders in jails and prisons during a community panel Wedneday, Oct. 19, at The University of Alabama.
UA Student Designs App for Baseball, Starts Company
Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea into a company.