UA Filmmaker Wins National James Beard Foundation Award
Andrew Beck Grace, a University of Alabama telecommunication and film instructor and director of the Documenting Justice program, has been named a 2014 James Beard Foundation Award winner.
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UA Engineering Professor Awarded NSF CAREER Award for Robotic Prosthesis
The National Science Foundation selected a University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor for a CAREER Award for his research into a robotic prosthesis that could help amputees walk better.
Spring 2014 Graduates Announced at UA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 4,410 degrees during spring commencement Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 239,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include:
Small Changes Could Save Structures, Lives During Tornadoes, Reports UA-Involved Study
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.
UA’s College of Arts and Sciences Selects Ambassadors
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced its student Ambassadors for the 2014-15 academic year.
UA’s Interim Classes Explore Detection, Games, Forests, Weaving
Professors at The University of Alabama are offering a number of thought-provoking, unusual and challenging classes during UA’s May Interim session from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 23. Classes range from the Science and Anthropology of Detection to Introduction to Weaving.
Media Advisory: UA’s Spring Commencement Exercises
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises May 2-3 at Coleman Coliseum.
UA Selected for National Vehicle Contest
Students from several disciplines across The University of Alabama will compete nationally over the next four years to design an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle. The contest, called EcoCAR 3, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co.
Student Art Work on Display at UA’s Museum of Natural History
The Alabama Museum of Natural History recently began displaying images of creatures from the Dinosaur Age rendered by a University of Alabama senior.
UA Law’s Public Interest Institute Honors Anti-Poverty Advocate
The University of Alabama School of Law’s Public Interest Institute honored a Birmingham anti-poverty advocate with the School’s highest public service award during a recent awards ceremony.