UA Chemist Leads Supercomputer Effort to Aid Nuclear Understanding

Two of the nation’s fastest supercomputers will aid a research team, led by a University of Alabama computational chemist, in guiding both the development of new nuclear fuels and clean-up efforts from past nuclear fuel and weapon production.

Two UA Engineering Students Awarded National Scholarships

Two students studying metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama were recently awarded prominent scholarships within the metalcasting industry.

IceCube Collaboration, Involving UA Scientists, Awarded Breakthrough of the Year

An Antarctic observatory, a massive, collaborative effort including University of Alabama researchers, was selected as the Breakthrough of the Year for making the first observation of cosmic neutrinos but also for overcoming the many challenges of creating and operating a colossal detector deep under the ice at the South Pole.

Winter Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 2,150 degrees during winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 14, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 234,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: City State Zipcode Name

UA Students Bring Home Top Prize in National Analytics Competition

Business students from the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama landed the top spot in the seventh annual national 2013 SAS Analytics and Data Mining Shootout in Orlando.

UA Student News for Dec. 10, 2013

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  University Supply Store sale THIS WEEK  University Supply Store sale, Dec. 11-20 University Supply Store special hours, Dec. 14, 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Ferguson Center Commencement, Dec. 14, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Coleman Coliseum ATHLETICS

UA Library School Awards Free Books to Schools

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will award more than $11,000 dollars in new books to schools in Alabama’s Black Belt region.

UA PR Program Named One of Nation’s Top Five

The University of Alabama’s public relations program has been a finalist for PRWeek’s Education Program of the Year for each of the past six years.

UA Senior Named One of Nation’s Top 50 Minority Students in Advertising

University of Alabama senior Adrienne Gates has been named one of the American Advertising Federation’s 50 Most Promising Minority Students for 2013-14.

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This week at The University of Alabama: UA to hold winter commencement exercises Dec. 14 – UA study says holiday driving most dangerous just before Christmas – Engineering research on renewable energy systems leads to patent – UA experts comment on the holiday shopping season, holiday traditions and holiday depression