Dr. Konstantin Matchev with a Genesis Mission poster. From UA News | High-energy physics experiments produce enough data in one second to keep a team of scientists busy for years. A University of Alabama-led research team will build an arti…
Roberto Carlos Toro-Rodriguez is an Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics at The University of Alabama with more than seven years of experience in undergraduate mathematics education. His teaching focuses on developing innovative appr…
Fred Andrus is a Professor in Geological Sciences with expertise in paleoclimatology, geoarchaeology, paleontology, and ecology. His research involves measuring the growth patterns and isotope geochemistry of modern and ancient skeletal bio…
Deborah Keene trained as an archaeological scientist who specializes in Southeastern U.S. prehistory. She started excavating with the Schiele Museum when she was 15 and went on to work for various private archaeological firms while an under…
War on Drugs The US military hasn’t blown up an alleged drug boat in a month. Has the campaign worked?: CNN – July 26 Nicholas Magliocca, a geography professor at The University of Alabama who has modeled how cocaine smugglers in Central Am…
Bevill Building, home of the Department of Geological Sciences and its lab. Within a couple months, an 11th grade Alabama student built a small-scale wetland replica in her apartment, started working in the Department of Geological Sciences…
Lukasz Ciesla in his lab. The Barefield College of Arts & Sciences is saddened to announce the passing of Lukasz Ciesla, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Ciesla was a notable scholar, esteemed professor and m…
‘Gooner’ Assaults The disturbing rise of ‘gooner’ assaults at Dollar Tree stores: ‘They find it funny to degrade women’: The Guardian – July 20 “Fame and celebrity are held up by many people as the ultimate form of success – more than wealt…
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Biodiversity Loss This US state has become an unexpected epicenter of the global extinction crisis: Vox – July 13 A single large mussel can filter as much as a liter of water an hour, removing bacteria, algae, and other potentially harmful
Dr. Lisa Pawloski will be the interim dean starting July 20. Dr. Lisa Pawloski, who has been the Senior Associate Dean for International Programming, Finance, and Administration in the J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts & Sciences for t…
Bulent Tosun, the Marilyn and John Elmore Endowed Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and his coauthors recently published their paper “Knotted solid tori in contact manifolds” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNA…