'Heroic' Dean Tells How She Helped End Shooting
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Debra M. Moriarity, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, supplies the fullest account yet of what happened when Amy Bishop allegedly opened fire at a faculty meeting—and describes how she shut Ms. Bishop out of the room after staring down the barrel of a gun. More...
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Latest Headlines
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Professor Had Raised Concerns About Amy Bishop's Mental Health
The professor says he told the accused killer's tenure-review committee and the associate provost that she was "crazy." But he did not raise concerns about violence.
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For a Campus in Crisis, the President's Voice Is Key
Colleges need to prepare for the unthinkable, experts say, and their leaders should be ready to become the public faces of recovery efforts.
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Huntsville Official Tried to Calm Amy Bishop in Phone Call About Her Future
The head of the technology-transfer office says he tried to reassure an anxious Amy Bishop that she could keep working on inventions even if she lost her tenure bid.
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'Heroic' Professor Describes Actions That May Have Saved Lives
Debra M. Moriarity, a longtime professor and a dean, shut the shooter out of the room during Friday's rampage at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
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Husband of Accused Killer Says Wife Went to Shooting Range
Amy Bishop had apparently borrowed the handgun from someone she knew and practiced at an indoor range a couple of weeks before the killings.
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Alabama Shootings: an Afternoon Meeting Turns Deadly
No angry words were exchanged at the faculty meeting at the University of Alabama at Huntsville that ended in violence, says a professor who was there.
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Accused Alabama Shooter Was a Bright Scientist With Career Ups and Downs
Amy Bishop, the professor accused of the deadly shootings, earned grants but may have struggled with her colleagues.
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Husband of Accused Huntsville Killer Amy Bishop Speaks Out
In his first extensive interview about Friday's mass shooting, James Anderson said he didn't know that his wife, Amy Bishop, had a gun when he dropped her off at a faculty...
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Slain Department Head Supported Accused Killer's Tenure Bid
The chairman of the biology department at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Gopi K. Podila, had supported the tenure bid of Amy Bishop, the biology professor who has...
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President Says Someone in Huntsville Faculty Meeting Took 'Heroic Actions' in Attempt to Disarm Shooter
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Biology Professor Charged With Murder in Alabama Shooting
Three people were killed and at least three were injured in a mass shooting Friday afternoon at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
The Victims
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Maria Ragland Davis, 52, Did Research to Help Developing Countries
Ms. Davis specialized in plant and biotech research, and friends credit her as a role model for hundreds of African-American science students
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Ariel D. Johnson Sr., 52, Helped Minority Students Pursue Careers in Science
Mr. Johnson was known for his devotion to teaching undergraduate students and for his work with alliances that promoted science education.
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Gopi K. Podila, 52, Biology Dept. Chair, Worked to Improve Plants via Biotechnology
A colleague says Mr. Podila was "one of the kindest and most altruistic people I have ever known." Students described him as warm and funny.
Commentary
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Collegiality, Tenure, and Tragedy
What role should collegiality have in hiring, retention, and promotion and tenure decisions, and how might it be used to forestall tragedies like the one at the...
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Guidance for Handling Tenure Denial
Ann H. Franke suggests ways to make the transition as painless and productive as possible.
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Tenure and the Workplace Avenger
The Huntsville shootings should prompt academe to consider how it might reform a tense and often opaque process, writes James Alan Fox.
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Reader Reaction: Do the Shootings Say Something About Academic Culture?
Readers debate whether tenure or treatment of employees with mental illnesses played a role in the incident.
Advice on Being Denied Tenure
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Life After Tenure Denial
An assistant professor rebuilds his career and prepares to go up for tenure a second time.
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You Didn't Get Tenure: What Now?
Before you appeal, for the sake of your sanity and your bank account, consider all the reasons why you shouldn't.
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You Didn't Get Tenure: Part 2
Just because you have been denied tenure doesn't mean you have to exit academe. You can be reborn elsewhere.
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Tenure Denial and the 'Living Eulogy'
Maria Annunziata has been denied tenure as an assistant professor at a research university. She says the experience has been like attending her own funeral.
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What It's Like to Be Denied Tenure
James M. Jasper thought his tenure case might be incontrovertible. As it turns out, he was wrong.
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Moving On After You Are Denied Tenure
It is useful to get angry, to remind yourself of the arbitrary factors that influenced the decision. But try to avoid sinking into lethargy and self-blame.
