The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies will award over $12,000 in new children’s and young adult books to school libraries in the Black Belt region of the state as well as to one school library in an economically deprived area of Alabama outside the Black Belt.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Cory Armstrong has been awarded a research grant from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium for an examination of risk perception and behavioral intention in rural and urban communities in both Alabama and Mississippi.
UA’s department of advertising and public relations has been named a top-five finalist in PRWeek’s Outstanding Education Program for the eighth time in the department’s history.
Drs. Jason Senkbeil and Darrin Griffin have been awarded a grant of over $250,000 to study how tornado warnings can be improved and better comprehended by the Deaf, Blind and Deaf-Blind.
UA’s student-produced, international travel magazine Alpine Living has won a total of four national awards for both its full-gloss magazine and its corresponding website.
Students from the College of Communication and Information Sciences have raised more than $135,000 for Secret Meals for Hungry Children over the course of 13 semesters.
UA Student Christian Holt won first place at the 2017 Speak Off, a public speaking competition hosted by the College of Communication and Information Sciences.
The University of Alabama’s Capstone Agency was awarded Best Campaign and Best Tactic in the 2017 Public Relations Student Society of America Student-Run Firm Awards. Also, UA’s PRSSA chapter was recognized nationally for its campus service.
Fox Sports U selected a University of Alabama student commercial campaign project about the Positive Coaching Alliance to air nationally through the end of the NFL season.
Dr. Chandra Clark traveled to Houston to document the local news coverage of Hurricane Harvey in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters and a team from the University of Oklahoma.