UA Senior’s Film Selected for Screening at Cannes Film Festival
University of Alabama telecommunication and film student Michael Thomas’ short film “Traces” will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Campus Impact
Economic Forecast from UA’s CBER Optimistic as State Job Growth Continues
Alabama job growth continues to pick up from the slow pace seen in the first half of 2014, according to data from the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama.
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 Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior
Eric S. McVay, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2015 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.
UA Culverhouse Professor Named to Poets & Quants’ Top 40 Under 40
Dr. Burcu Keskin, an associate professor at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named a Top 40 Under 40 Professor by Poets & Quants.
UA Departments Collaborate With New Orleans Producers on Student Film
Several academic units at The University of Alabama have entered into collaboration with Court 13, a New Orleans-based film cooperative that produced the Academy Award-nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” The collaboration is titled Court13@UA and started in the fall 2014 semester on the UA campus. The pilot year of the partnership has produced a short film, which premieres at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center.
UA’s Plank Center Names 2015 Mentoring Honorees
Six communications leaders will receive Milestones in Mentoring awards from the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama during an induction ceremony at the Union League Club of Chicago Oct. 29.
UA Grad Student Pursuing Love of Sport with Summer Program
University of Alabama graduate student Gennelle Chatman was recently selected to participate in the United States Olympic Committee’s FLAME program.
Retired UA Co-op Director Honored with National Award
Dr. William “Bill” Taylor, who led cooperative education efforts at The University of Alabama for nearly 20 years, is receiving national recognition for his career in cooperative education by the American Society of Engineering Education, or ASEE.
UA Greek Community Raises Funds, Donates Time to Local Nonprofits
University of Alabama fraternity and sorority members garnered $101,000 for area nonprofits and provided more than 1,200 hours of community service in fund-raisers and volunteer opportunities connected to UA’s Greek Week and the all-Greek service project.