UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: Two teams with UA ties to compete in Alabama Launchpad Competition – Alabama Forensic Council to showcase competitors – UA experts offer tips on personal income taxes, having a healthy spring break and common types of skin cancer – Criminal justice expert comments on Abu Ghaith trial – Mental Health Monologues draws attention to mental health issues

UA in the News: March 14, 2014

UA unveils new Digital Media Center – UA engineering students take part in hovercraft competition – NPR host to speak at UA – UA to host SEC MBA competition – Grad student wins diversity scholarship – UA experts comment on Common Core standards, minimum wage – UA PR students create healthy living campaign for elementary school – Museum hosts Saturday In the Park

UA in the News: March 13, 2014

UA students help people sign up for health insurance – UA researchers to map food insecurity – PR students kick off campaign to fight childhood obesity – Book arts exhibit opens in Chattanooga – Geologist to speak on Aegean volcanic activity – UA Community Service Center plans SERVE Better Together event – UA hosts National Latino Children’s Literature Conference – Family medicine program selects chief residents – and more…

UA in the News: March 12, 2014

Hamilton Bloom elected UA SGA president – Premier Awards winners named – UA researchers to map food insecurity – Actress to headline Rose Gladney Lecture – UA physician comments on colorectal cancer – UA faculty to discuss Ukraine situation – and more…

UA in the News: March 11, 2014

Alabama golf team honored at White House – UA researchers map food insecure areas – 3D printing at UA may help with cancer research – UA experts comment on red-light cameras, education as an investment – UA law school to host symposium on race, gender inequality – Artist and musician Lonnie Holley to perform – Film series to honor professor – and more…

Health Corner: Skin Cancer

Health Corner: Skin Cancer

Dr. Jared Ellis discusses the most common types of skin cancers. For closed captioning, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXJ45_ZuLXA&list=UUrm2bWDOGbvbW7Se_9o0m1g

UA in the News: March 8-10, 2014

UA Outstanding Graduate Student awards announced – UA students take on community service projects – Students win RidgeWorth Cup in CFA Institute Research Challenge – UA Education Policy Center research cited – UA experts comment on law schools, climate change – Lecturer to address emergency preparedness – Lunafest films highlight women – Dance Alabama! to feature student choreography – and more…

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: Grand opening of Digital Media Center planned – UA experts comment on trial of Abu Ghaith, importance of reading nonfiction with children, tips for a healthy spring break, ways to cope with symptoms of menopause – Gladney Lecture features dramatic performance

The Smallest Victims

The Smallest Victims

Standard interview approaches used in child abuse cases too often result in incomplete pictures, says a University of Alabama social work professor researching the typical practices taken with young victims.

UA Researchers to Map West Alabama Food Insecurity

Two researchers in The University of Alabama’s journalism department were awarded $8,000 from the Knight Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to study food insecurity in West Alabama.