UA Scholastic Media Director Places in National Competition
Meredith Cummings, journalism instructor and director of scholastic media at The University of Alabama, placed third in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2013 Communications Contest.
UA in the News: June 4, 2013
UA to mark 50th anniversary of Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – UA engineers lead team researching Oklahoma tornado damage – Community Service Center collecting gift cards for tornado victims – Civil rights era photos on display – UA expert comments on drop in foreclosures – Students receive UA Presidential Scholarships
UA in the News: May 31-June 3, 2013
UA to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – UA’s men’s golf team wins national championship – UA filmmaker’s ‘Eating Alabama’ premieres on PBS – UA collects gift cards for Oklahoma storm victims – SummerTide production celebrates music of Alabama – UA experts comment on career placement, Memorial Day – UA theatre department founder retires
UA Leads Multi-Institute Research of Oklahoma Tornado Damage
The University of Alabama is the lead on a research grant to study the damage left by the tornado that struck Moore, Okla., to understand whether past tornadoes influenced building practices to better withstand future events. As part of the grant, the research team is also studying whether social media and engineering can combine to influence future building practice.
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This week at The University of Alabama: Events planned to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – Program looks at diversity in medicine – Civil rights photo exhibit opens – UA researchers study tornado damage – Camps focus on materials for science teachers, Native American culture, creative writing, rural medicine, financial management and critical thinking
UA in the News: May 30, 2013
UA grad student to represent Alabama in Miss USA competition – Carver High valedictorian to attend UA
UA Part of National Alliance to Spur African-American Computer Science Graduate Students
The University of Alabama is one of seven universities recently chosen by the National Science Foundation to launch the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences, or iAAMCS.
UA Community Service Center, SGA Host Gift Card Drive for Oklahoma Tornado Survivors
The University of Alabama Community Service Center and the UA Student Government Association are sponsoring a campuswide gift card drive to benefit survivors of the recent storms in Moore, Okla.
UA in the News: May 29, 2013
UA to sponsor civil rights photo exhibit – Symposium to highlight medicine’s role in civil rights – Business school dean named to GMAC board – University Fellows work in Black Belt – UA expert comments on robots – UA offers numerous summer school courses – College of Education holds workshops for gifted and talented youth – and more…
UA in the News: May 28, 2013
UA business school dean details plans – UA expert comments on need for computer science courses in high schools – UA law school sponsors Harper Lee Prize – UA administrator speaks at Memorial Day program