UA Student From Carbon Hill Conducts Research as McNair Scholar
LeAnn Glover of Carbon Hill conducted research at The University of Alabama as a member of the 2005 McNair Scholars class.
Discovery
Following the Money
Money laundering, according to news accounts, is the world’s third largest business, a business so large that it is nearly impossible to even estimate the volume. The United Nations Crime and Justice Database describes the crime being officially recorded at national levels in more than 80 countries.
UA Faculty Member Spending Summer at the Federal Reserve
Dr. Laura Reynolds, assistant professor of consumer sciences in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at The University of Alabama, is serving this summer as a Visiting Scholar for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C. Reynolds is working in the Consumer and Community Affairs division.
Local High School Students Become Nanoscience Interns at UA For Summer Program
Nine local high school students are taking the leap into the field of “nanoscience” as they work with leading faculty at The University of Alabama as part of summer research program funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
UA Researcher Performs Ballistics Research to Benefit American Troops
A University of Alabama engineering professor and his student team are researching ways to improve projectiles’ ability to penetrate sand, soil and other targets in an effort to assist American troops.
UA’s Rogers Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge For Enviro-Friendly Method of Producing Textiles and Plastics
An effort led by a University of Alabama chemist has demonstrated a new way to dissolve and use cellulose – found in the cell walls of trees and other plants – in producing environmentally friendly materials that UA researchers say have potential for the automotive, packaging and textile industries.
Protection in a Protein
University of Alabama researchers have demonstrated that a specific protein protects against the loss of the brain neurons whose demise leads to Parkinson’s disease, a central nervous system disorder estimated to affect more than 1 million Americans.
Some Fear ‘Designer Drugs’ Will Lead to Racial Medicine, UA Historian Awarded MIT Fellowship to Study Connection
A University of Alabama expert on America’s racial history has been awarded a fellowship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he will join scholars researching so-called “designer medicines” and the possibilities they could lead to racial medicine.
Alabama Housing Market Shows Continued Strength, According to Stats from UA’s Real Estate Center
Alabama’s housing market showed continued strength in April with 5,352 units sold, up 7.23 percent over the previous month, according to figures released by the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Income Growth Offsets Increased Home Prices in First Quarter, According to starts from UA’s Real Estate Research Center
The Alabama Housing Affordability Index for the first quarter of 2005 remained virtually unchanged from the fourth quarter of last year, according to figures from the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.