Archive for the ‘Social Science’ Category

UA Developing Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Within Impoverished Neighborhoods

August 18, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: ,

A University of Alabama social scientist hopes to use a new $3.75 million federal grant, awarded to UA by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to change five impoverished Mobile area neighborhoods — from within.

UA Researcher Saves State Money on Food Stamp Program

July 29, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: , ,

A University of Alabama researcher has found a way to turn the state's $420-million-ayear food stamp program into money for the University and save the state money at the same time.

Camp Experience Provides Perspective for Special Ed Majors

July 13, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: , ,

Could just one weekend confirm a career choice? Early data indicates it can for those UA students, mostly education majors, who volunteer as counselors at Camp ASCCA the Alabama Special Camp for Children and Adults in Jacksons Gap, Ala.

UA Student, Professor Study Effectiveness of Dogs Used to Find the Dead

June 24, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: , ,

A University of Alabama student and an anthropology professor recently studied the reliability of dogs trained to sniff out dead bodies.

UA Research Aims to Take Pork Out of Road Work

June 23, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: , ,

Research now being done at The University of Alabama will go a long way toward taking the politics out of budgeting monies to roadwork projects.

Economic Professor’s Research Gauges Impact of Boeing Ground-Based Missile Defense Project

May 15, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged:

Boeing Company's Ground-Based Missile Defense (GMD) program in North Alabama is expected to produce an average of 5,141 jobs per year between 1998 and 2007, with a corresponding increase in disposable income, according to research done by Dr. John P. Formby, James Patrick and Elizabeth Brannon Hayes Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.

May the Technology Force Be With You

May 1, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science, Technology | Tagged: ,

Most people know George Lucas for his creation of the "Star Wars" film saga. However, it was Lucas' work with education - not his more famous work in film — that caught the attention of Dr. Barrie Jo Price.

UA Works on Business of Technology Transfer with du Pont Donations

April 20, 2002 - Filed under: Social Science | Tagged: ,

The global research and technology-based company E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. made a donation of patents and intellectual property to The University of Alabama last year.

Anglers Assist UA Researchers Studying Mercury in Rivers

April 10, 2002 - Filed under: Environmental, Physical/Natural Science, Social Science | Tagged: ,

University of Alabama researchers are analyzing data collected during a three-year study of mercury levels of fish in the state's rivers.

Research Improves Speech-Impaired Children’s Reading

February 22, 2002 - Filed under: Health, Social Science | Tagged: , ,

Dr. Sandy Laing, assistant professor of communicative disorders, and her research partners wanted to determine if speech and language-impaired preschoolers would have a less difficult time learning to read if they developed phonemic awareness skills.

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