Campus & Community

UA’s Rural Medical Scholars Program Celebrates 20th Class

The Rural Medical Scholars Program at the College of Community Health Sciences will honor the graduates of its 20th class, as well as alumni of the now two-decade-old program, on Sunday, May 1, at Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus. A reception for program alumni will be at 3 p.m. and will be followed by the 20th Annual Rural Scholars Convocation, where the current classes of the Rural Medical Scholars and Rural Community Health Scholars will be recognized.

Baker Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. John Baker, head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics, is the 2016 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.

UA’s Insurance Research Center Produces Tornado Preparedness Guide

The Alabama Center for Insurance Information at The University of Alabama, in partnership with others, has produced the 2016 Tornado Preparedness Guide & Insurance Tips for the state of Alabama.

UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships to Hold Awards Program

UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships to Hold Awards Program

A University of Alabama awards program recognizing the best of engaged scholarship conducted by faculty, staff, student and community teams turns 10 years old Friday, April 29.

UA Student Team Wins Dow Big Data Challenge

A University of Alabama student team from the Culverhouse College of Commerce recently won first place in the 2016 Dow Big Data Challenge.

UA Student News for April 26, 2016

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. Submit your news at http://uanews.ua.edu/submit-student. DEADLINES Student Opinions of Instruction course-evaluation surveys, May 1 Full payment or participation in payment plan for summer term, May 10 Priority renewal date for registered campus organizations for fall time

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior

Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship

Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.

UA’s Living History Festival Brings Historical Figures to Life

The West Alabama community is invited to meet historical figures from The University of Alabama’s past, learn a little about what life was like during their lifetime and make connections to the present during the second annual Living History Festival on April 23.