Five UA doctoral programs rank high in national survey
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 29
Five doctoral programs at the University of Alabama held up well compared with similar programs at most of the nation’s top universities, according to a ranking of doctoral programs released Tuesday. UA’s doctoral programs in mass communication, chemistry, mechanical engineering, physics and psychology all landed in the top half of similar programs in a complicated grouping of institutions published by the National Research Council, a nonprofit organization that advises the government on science, engineering and health through the U.S. National Academies. All five placed in the top half of a ranking of their peers. “We knew these were strong programs going in, but we didn’t know how this was all going to play out,” said David Franko, dean of UA’s graduate school. The rankings should help with graduate student recruitment, he said…Of the five UA programs that ranked in the top half of their peers, psychology likely ranks the highest. Judged against what professors want in a program, UA’s psychology program ranks between 67th and 121st out of 236 programs. Ranked against the programs professors said were at the top, UA’s program ranked between 64th and 130th…
Creative Campus hosts award-winning author
Crimson White – Sept. 29
… “An Evening with Paul Guest” will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall, Room 125. He will speak about his personal experiences and read a selection from his memoir “One More Theory about Happiness.”…Guest, a quadriplegic after his accident, hasn’t let his disabilities keep him from being successful. His first volume of poetry, “The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World,” received the New Issues Poetry Prize in 2002. His second collection, “Notes for My Body Double,” was awarded the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in 2006. In 2007, Guest was the recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award…The event is free and open to the public. It is hosted by Creative Campus in partnership with the Office of Disability Services as part of the Creative Writing Department’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series…
UA’s Million Dollar Band holds annual Crimson Cavalcade of Bands
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 28
Several area high school bands took advantage of tonight’s spectacular weather. They took to the field as a part of the second annual Crimson Cavalcade of Bands presented by the University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band…
UA to host conference on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 28
The University of Alabama is hosting a conference on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder next month. It will bring together experts to share their research and more on ADD/ADHD. Judy Thorpe and Dr. Mark Thomas are here to tell us more about what’s in store…