This week at The University of Alabama: Commencement ceremonies set for May 3-4 – Nursing students to study in Asia, Bolivia – English professor receives Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award – UA expert comments on media coverage of breaking news events – Events include Moundville Saturday in the Park, BFA Juried Exhibition
Some University of Alabama nursing students will take their education to the next level this summer when they step outside the four walls of a lecture hall and experience medicine in an atypical, and challenging, way.
UA, Auburn engineering students to battle in first Iron Bowl of hovercrafts – UA psychologists comment on impact of tornado’s anniversary, chronic pain and depression – Nisa Miranda to speak at DeKalb County event
UA study shows tornadoes cost Alabama $100 million – UA interior design students install art exhibit at VA Medical Center – UA team researched handshakes – UA costume display included in Heritage Celebration – Stephen Black speaks in Athens, Ala. – Student helps UA win wheelchair basketball title – Arty Party highlights creative writing program
UA students receive Critical Languages Scholarships – Alabama Public Radio honored with Murrow Awards – Professor and student film Hurricane Sandy recovery – UA/Auburn students to compete in hovercraft race – UA’s all-women rocket team competes – Student group hosts benefit for Literacy Council – and more…
UA all-girls rocket team competes in NASA’s Student Launch – UA starts fund to promote sustainability – Social work prof gives Last Lecture – Major construction projects under way – UA experts comment on terrorism, property taxes and impact of sequestration on criminal justice – and more…
A symposium on elemental ecocriticism, which is a critical field that examines literary representations of the world and their effects on the world, will be hosted by the department of English at The University of Alabama April 25-27.
UA, Auburn to compete in Hoverbowl Challenge – Social work prof to present “Last Lecture” – UA opens foundry – A-Day brings fans to campus – UA student wins first place in poetry interpretation competition – UA researchers retrofit generators to reduce carbon monoxide emissions – UA alum credits professors with success in fashion design – UA expert comments on Southern pride – and more…
Alabama Public Radio, housed at The University of Alabama, won four-of-four awards in the small market radio category in the Radio Television Digital News Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards for District 9.
A pair of students from The University of Alabama’s department of advertising and public relations has been selected recipients of the 2013 LaGrant Foundation Scholarship for ethnic minority students studying advertising, marketing or public relations.