Continuing efforts to introduce computer science to high school students, a $1 million grant was awarded to Dr. Jeff Gray, associate professor of computer science in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, to train teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board AP exam.
Joe Benson named UA interim provost – UA prof works on better ankle prosthesis – Grand opening planned for UA Office of Veteran and Military Affairs – UA student gives Veterans Day speech – Katsinas wins Blackmon-Moody Award – UA experts comment on Voting Rights Act, Alabama politics – Events – and more…
Honors students at The University of Alabama will hold a chess match Thursday, Nov. 15, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. for Tuscaloosa-area children who play the game as part of a team or club through their schools or other organizations.
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. TODAY Scholarship awareness forum, 6 p.m., 226 Lloyd Hall THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER RA interest sessions, various times and locations Beat Auburn Beat Hunger, daily through Nov. 16 Great American Smokeout, daily through Nov. 15
The University of Alabama will hold a grand opening for the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs on Friday, Nov. 16, from 2-4 p.m. in 1 B.B. Comer as the closing highlight of Veterans Week events on campus.
Photographer Chip Cooper, a faculty member in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, will participate in the Miami Book Fair International this month alongside a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer noted for photographing celebrities.
UA 5K draws about 1,000 participants – SGA brings concert to Tuscaloosa to raise funds for scholarships – UA engineering prof developing new prostheses – UA grad to lead Lockheed-Martin – Deployed nursing student earns doctorate – UA experts comment on Roy Moore’s win, Alabama Education Association, global warming – Events – and more…
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences honored faculty member Dr. Jason Scofield with the 2012 Joseph S. Rowland Teaching Excellence Award.
University of Alabama President Judy Bonner has named long-time faculty member and administrator Dr. Joe Benson as interim provost. Benson has served as vice president for research and vice provost at UA since 2009.
This week at The University of Alabama: Veterans Week grand opening – UA engineering professor developing better ankle prosthesis – Rural Health Heroes Awards seeking nominations – Experts comment on the ‘fiscal cliff,’ Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ – Events