UA’s Nursing School Grant Helps Prepare Nurse Educators

The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing has a new funding program that will make doctoral nursing education more affordable for currently practicing or teaching nurses who are committed to educating the next generation of nurses.

UA in the News: June 23, 2015

UA Museum Expedition participant finds fossilized animal remains – UA economic development experts survey residents about health care – Professor analyzes historic misconceptions behind racially-motivated shooting – Doctor studies spider venom’s impact in 1930s – Student lands marketing internship

UA, YMCA, PARA Honor ‘Swim to the Top’ Participants

Program participants, The University of Alabama and local officials celebrate Swim to the Top, a four-week program designed to save lives and improve the health of at-risk children and youth aged 4-to 14-years-old at a luncheon Thursday, June 25, at 11:30 a.m. at the Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA.

UA in the News: June 22, 2015

New UA president cites focus on quality – Trustees create prize honoring Bonner – Business leaders to be inducted into Hall of Fame – Economist discusses unemployment rates — Student talks about travel abroad experience … and more …

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This week at The University of Alabama: Museum Expedition leads to fossilized animal remains discovery – Professor leads teacher training – STEM race set for Tuesday – UA experts available to comment on Charleston shooting, poisonous plants, working/playing in summer heat and Venus, Jupiter sharing a stage.

UA’s Leeper Honored for Statistical Contributions to Medicine, Public Health

Dr. James Leeper, a professor in the department of community and rural medicine at The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

UA-Led Expedition Turns up More Fossilized Animal Remains

Middle-school student Aiden Taylor recently discovered a baseball-sized neck vertebra from an elasmosaur during the Alabama Museum of Natural History’s middle school Museum Expedition.

UA Matters: Avoiding Poisonous Plants in Summer, Fall

The University of Alabama’s Monica Watkins suggests ways to avoid poisonous plants.

UA in the News: June 19, 2015

Stuart Bell named UA president – UA experts comment on historic justifications for racial violence, federal banking regulations affecting medical marijuana – Law students, professors to offer free legal help – and more…

Abstract Landscapes on Display at UA Gallery

Abstract landscapes by husband and wife duo Josh and Heather Whidden are on exhibit at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.