Message From the Chair The 2019-2020 academic year is off to an exciting start. Our faculty have been awarded more grants and contracts than ever before. We have surpassed $6.3 million in funding, the highest on record for our department. Additionally, this past year The University of Alabama achieved Doctoral Universities–Very High Research Activity status, formerly known as the R1 category, in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This is the nation’s highest level of research activity for … Continue reading Message From the Chair