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Dr. Yong Zhang has published a paper in the journal Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the interdisciplinary journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena called: Applicability of time fractional

We in the Department of Geological Sciences are horrified by the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, and all those who suffered such violence before them.

The department mourns the loss of Jen Ho Fang. Dr. Fang was a respected faculty member and long-serving department chair. He helped usher the department into a more research-intensive way

The Alabama Museum of Natural History here on campus at UA houses the famous Sylacauga meteorite – also known as the “Hodges” meteorite. This meteorite famously injured Mrs. Hodges as

Virtual Honors Day and Graduation Ceremony Saturday, May 2, 2020 1:00 PM Congratulations to all our award recipients and graduates! Download PDF Version Undergraduate Honors Recipients   Graduate Honors Recipients

Determining the onset of the terrestrial geodynamo is fundamental in our understanding of the formation of a habitable Earth.  Due to the lack of a >4 Ga rock record, detrital

Dr. Alain Plattner was named to the inaugural class of NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award recipients as one out of six researchers nation-wide. This highly competitive award will fund the

CARI Announces Inaugural Fellows and Campuswide Initiatives

Christine Bassett was announced as a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss fellowship finalist. She will travel to Washington DC in October to be paired with a participating agency. Once paired, she