Stories Tagged ‘Student Research’ 
Research in the ‘Place of Last Recourse’
Weeds win over basketball in this lot in a low-income neighborhood surveyed by UA's John Bolland and college interns. All the interns are required to read "There Are No Children Here," by Alex Kotlowitz. This story of two boys living in a gang-controlled neighborhood got its title from the protagonists' mother: "There are no children here. They've seen too much to be children."
A Launching Pad for Entrepreneurs
Similarities abound between Donald Trump and The University of Alabama's Dr. William "Bill" Gathings. No, maybe not the hair, but each has demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit, and both are ardent promoters of a business-based competition with a reality TV show feel. Ok, so with Trump, it’s more than the feel of reality TV.
Student Innovation
Call it what you want - ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, physical computing, tangible media – but patent applications now making their way through the approval process could mean big things for The University of Alabama and its M.B.A./M.S. dual degree program for Enterprise Consulting and the computer-based honors program.
Moving to the Research Beat
Don’t call him a break dancer; Wesley Nixon is a b-boy. While the ‘b’ does originate from the word break, it’s considered to some an insult to call it break dancing, a term coined by the media in the 1980s.
UA Works to Stop PD
There’s an almost audible buzz emitting from a basement level laboratory in The University of Alabama’s Biology Building. The five graduate and 10 undergraduate students who work there, alongside Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, UA biology professors, are pumped. So too are their aforementioned faculty mentors.
Seizing the Data
Science magazine, arguably the world's premier research journal for scientists, recently highlighted a University of Alabama undergraduate student's efforts in constructing an online database on the genetics of epilepsy.
Underground Weather Reports
One of Alabama's popular spots under the ground is helping University of Alabama scientists understand more about global warming on top of the ground.
Gaining an Edge
When she enrolled at UA as a freshman in 2002, Caitlin Prickett never considered she would soon begin modifying the "building blocks" that make up the genetic code of human life — pretty heady stuff for an undergraduate. But, as a participant in the University's Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Intern program, Prickett chemically alters these compounds, known as nucleosides, in the laboratory in attempts to better understand how cancerous tumors develop and to potentially help develop new leads in the fight against the dreaded disease.
In the Palm of Your Hand
Imagine walking into your favorite supermarket or retail store, clicking on your WebPhone, learning what products are on sale today, where they are located and how much they cost. It means just a few cents and some added convenience for you, but for an international organization like Procter & Gamble (P&G) using technology to direct consumers to their products is a new and significant step in the marketing process.
Discovery Sends Student to Meet Nobel Laureates
Richard P. Swatloski of Enterprise, Ala., who is working on his doctorate in chemistry at UA's Center for Green Manufacturing, has been awarded the 2003 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry.
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- Identification of Protein Activator Provides Drug Lead for UA Movement Disorder Researchers
March 10, 2010 - UA Engineering Professor Receives Prestigious CUTC Award
March 8, 2010 - State’s January New Construction Results Described as ‘Mixed’ in UA Center Report
March 5, 2010 - Geoscientist Named UA Burnum Winner
March 2, 2010 - First Alabama Real Estate Confidence Index Available Via UA Web Site
February 26, 2010 - More Research News