UA In the News: April 14

UA to add faculty – Graduate students compete in research competition – Researcher helps protect coral reefs – Theatre, dance to perform ‘A Chorus Line’ – Students clean river – Psychologist researches narcissists – Public safety expert explains online attacks – Youth write Big Al book … and more …

UA In the News: April 13

Safety experts seek public’s input on weather warnings – UA to host discussion of World War I’s impact – Psychologist studies narcissistic behaviors – Alumnus producing short film – University Programs hosts Easter event

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This week at The University of Alabama: UA ranks first nationally for Goldwaters – Youth’s Big Al-themed artwork leads to book – Computer research program launched in 1968 renamed for student from inaugural class –  Ocean pest could be repelled using discovery related to its sense of smell – Golf tourney to benefit RISE – Faculty Research Day Wednesday – Students compete for research awards – Watch RISE celebrate Easter

UA to Host K-12 Robotics Competition April 8

UA to Host K-12 Robotics Competition April 8

Sixty teams of elementary through high school students from across Alabama will program robots to navigate obstacles Saturday in a competition held at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Computer-Based Honors to be Renamed for Longtime Director

UA’s Computer-Based Honors to be Renamed for Longtime Director

In celebration of its 50th anniversary and in honor of its longtime director who was formerly a student in its inaugural class, The University of Alabama’s Computer-Based Honors Program will be renamed the Catherine J. Randall Research Scholars Program.

UA Law School to Host Symposium on Difference, Identity Concerns

Legal scholars will visit The University of Alabama School of Law April 7 to discuss how the law responds to difference and identity concerns.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Honors Week – Student entrepreneurs win $50,000 – Easter Egg hunt set for Sunday – Faculty Research Day is Wednesday – Train photograph exhibit opens at transportation museum 

UA Law School to Commemorate 45th Anniversary of First African-American Graduates

Professor Bryan Fair and civil rights attorney Fred Gray will have “A Conversation about Jim Crow Policy” at 9:45 a.m. March 31 at the symposium on Bending the Arc of History: African-Americans and The University of Alabama School of Law.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Faculty combine Virtual Reality, neuroscience into police training – Students highlight research, creativity during conference – Entrepreneurs vie for $50,000 – Women’s health focus of rural health conference – Religious studies marks 50th anniversary – ‘Hungry’ Black Hole discovered – Student wins national travel award – Civil War lectures set for Saturday

UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference  

UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference  

More than 500 undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are highlighting their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference March 29-30.