Dr. Sagy Cohen, an assistant professor of geography at The University of Alabama who specializes in global hydrology, has completed the creation of an augmented reality sandbox.
Dr. Kevin Kocot, a UA assistant professor in the department of biological sciences and curator of invertebrate zoology at UA’s Museum of Natural History, recently discovered new species when he explored the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Take a virtual visit to this University of Alabama research laboratory via this slideshow.
The RISE Center, housed in the Stallings Center, is so popular that Director Andi Gillen and her staff are unable to serve all the special-needs children whose parents request entry – a waiting list has developed. So, the Center has developed a new program, the RISE and SHINE Playgroup. The group will have many of the activities RISE students experience during the day, only in a shorter time span – an hour and a half twice a month.
A team of UA students compete this weekend in one of NASA’s biggest contests, one of only two collegiate teams to make the final round and vie for a share of a more than $1 million prize.
For a fruit fly, what its grandparents ate may affect how much it weighs. But the passing down of a body type based on diet is not a simple cause and effect, a University of Alabama researcher has found.
“People didn’t have time to collect their gatherings, and they lost everything. Maybe in the near future we will be able to do a better job warning people about that.”
Jed, a 24-year-old senior majoring in business marketing, is the first male cheerleader in his family and first student to attend UA – his dad went to Auburn. But, he’s not the last. Following in his footsteps, Jed’s brothers, Zachary and Elijah Vaughn, became UA cheerleaders as well.
Seth Panitch, professor of theatre, was chosen as the 2016 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award winner for The University of Alabama.