UA in the News: June 30, 2015
Deborah Johnson wins Harper Lee Prize – UMC to open new location in Northport – UA expert comments on same-sex marriage ruling – Summer Enrichment Workshop concludes
UA in the News: June 27-29, 2015
UA’s Summer Enrichment Workshop offers wide range of courses – Visitors invited to view Venus and Jupiter through UA telescope – UA expert comments on Confederate flag debate – Business prof researches credit union’s value – Law prof looks at legal market conditions – and more…
Deborah Johnson Wins 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
For her work in The Secret of Magic, Deborah Johnson will receive the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The prize, authorized by Lee and co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.
UA’s University Medical Center to Open Northport Location
University Medical Center, which is operated by The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, will open a new location in Northport July 1.
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This week at The University of Alabama: University Medical Center to open Northport location – Grant to help prepare nurse educators – UA experts offer tips for using social media in job searches, avoiding poisonous plants – Journalism, history profs comment on Charleston events – Visitors invited to astronomy viewing
UA Matters: Keep Future Employers in Mind While Using Social Media
Social media has turned many of us into experts on online impression management: we understand intuitively how to modify our appearances and messages in order to appear more attractive, get more attention, more “likes,” more followers. If you’re looking for a job (or considering looking for one in the future), you need to use these
Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring 2015 Term
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 9,073 students enrolled during the 2015 spring semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students.
UA in the News: June 26, 2015
UA students help provide swimming lessons to youth – Middle school students learn survival skills – Bike ride raises scholarship money – Students learn about flood forecasting – UA conducts health survey in Baldwin County
UA in the News: June 25, 2015
Teachers learn computer science at UA – UA collaboration helps teach kids how to swim – History professor discusses Confederate symbols – Scholar analyzes cigarette taxes – UA theatre department presents performance in Gulf Shores
UA in the News: June 24, 2015
Board signs off on Bell’s nomination – Birmingham CEOs inducted into Hall of Fame – Boys finds rare fossil – Computer science booming in state – Climatologist comments on heat index – Eco3 car update – Interns learn 3D printing … and more …