UA Class to Prepare High-School Students for Fall’s New Dual Credit Opportunity

The Alabama State Board of Education has announced a new 1:1 dual credit policy that allows one college class to equal one high-school graduation credit. High- school students can now obtain high school and college credit simultaneously.

Bice to Speak at UA Childhood Literacy Summit

The University of Alabama will hold “Lifting Literacy, Lifting Lives: A Statewide Summit to Discuss Literacy Issues in the Education of Early and Emergent Readers,” May 7.

UA to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement ceremonies May 1 and 2 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

UA Communication Professor to Receive Buford Peace Award

Dr. Mary Meares, associate professor of communication studies and graduate program director in the College of Communication and Information Studies at The University of Alabama, has been selected the winner of the 2015 Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award.

UA Summer Enrichment Deadline Extended Until May 15

The University of Alabama’s Gifted Education Program has extended the deadline for its 2015 Summer Enrichment Workshop to Friday, May 15.

UA Professor, Students to Lead Free Memory Screenings

The University of Alabama is hosting an open-enrollment period for a free memory screening to be conducted over the next few months.

UA Social Work Celebrates D.C. Internship Anniversary

The University of Alabama School of Social Work will celebrate its Washington, D.C. internship program Thursday with a reception in the national’s Capitol.

UA Scholars Seek to Bridge Gap Between Communities, Researchers

A team of University of Alabama scholars aims to strengthen the relationships between researchers and the communities they study via a new grant.

Cramer, Maddox to Speak at Child Maltreatment Conference on UA Campus

Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell is an organizer of “A Blue Ribbon Event: Leading the Way in Protecting our Children – An Alabama Legacy of Innovation and Leadership,” a mini-conference to be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on April 20 at the Child Development Research Center on The University of Alabama campus.

Philosopher, Author to Deliver Curtis Lecture at UA

Dr. Harry Brighouse, professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will deliver the annual James P. Curtis Lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday on The University of Alabama campus.