UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior
Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.
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This week at The University of Alabama: Conference focuses on combining conventional meds with alternative approaches to health – Students receive graduate study awards – Short documentaries address issues of social justice, injustice – Experts offer shoppers insight on food label information – Theatre, dance to present curious nature of entropy in Tuesday performance
UA Matters: Deciphering Label Claims on Food Products
The University of Alabama’s Sheena Quizon Gregg explains what some of the most common food label claims mean to you as a consumer.
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UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship
Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.
UA’s Living History Festival Brings Historical Figures to Life
The West Alabama community is invited to meet historical figures from The University of Alabama’s past, learn a little about what life was like during their lifetime and make connections to the present during the second annual Living History Festival on April 23.
2 UA Students Named Truman Scholars for 2016
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named two University of Alabama students — Ciara Malaugh, of Huntsville, and Dana Sweeney, of Kingsland, Georgia, — as Truman Scholars for 2016.
Bonner, Parker Named 2016 UA Distinguished Alumni
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has named the recipients of its top awards. The 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award winner is Dr. Judy Bonner, of Tuscaloosa, and the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner is Tim Parker, of Tuscaloosa.
UA’s Spears Named 2016 Recipient of Buford Peace Award
Dr. Ellen Griffith Spears, associate professor in New College and the department of American Studies at The University of Alabama, is the 2016 winner of the Buford Peace Award.
UA’s Documenting Justice Course to Screen Films at Bama Theatre
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and the UA department of telecommunication & film will host the 10th Annual Documenting Justice film screening at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. The screening is free and open to the public. The five short documentaries that will premiere were created by non-film majors who dedicated a year to learning how to document and analyze culture and social experience – and communicate about issues of justice and injustice in Alabama – through videography.