2 UA Students Named Goldwater Scholars
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected two University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2016-2017.
UA Student News for April 5, 2016
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. Submit your news at http://uanews.ua.edu/submit-student. EVENTS The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, the culmination of Honors Week, will be held Friday, April 8, at 1:30 p.m. Classes will be dismissed for the day. The Office of
2 UA Faculty Members Win NSF CAREER Awards
The National Science Foundation selected two University of Alabama professors, Dr. Alexey Volkov and Dr. Kimberly Genareau, for CAREER Awards for their research.
UA Plans Presentation Ceremony for Official Class Rings
The University of Alabama’s University Supply Store has announced that official student class rings for the 2016 ceremony will spend 24 hours inside Denny Chimes on the UA campus before a presentation ceremony Friday, April 15.
UA In the News — April 5
Moundville Archaeological Park in a contest … Professor sees the lessons of “Transformers” — UA class works with Secret Meals … and more.
UA Alumna, Director of Google Engineering to Speak on Campus
Dr. Nan Boden, director of engineering at Google, is speaking Friday, April 8, on The University of Alabama campus as part of the department of computer science’s colloquium series and with the Alabama IEEE Computer Society.
UA to Host Robotics Competition
Students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 9 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition.
UA Researcher’s Paper Looks for Leads in Bee Population Decline
Domesticating bees for agricultural pollination may present a greater risk for transmitting the kinds of pathogens that are threatening wild bumble bee populations as a whole, a paper co-written by a University of Alabama biologist says.
UA In the News — April 2-4
UA student works against human trafficking — Sakura Festival returns — Black Scholars Day — and more.
UA, South African Researchers to Speak at Indigenous Education Symposium
National and international education researchers will discuss the importance and impact of indigenous education at the Symposium on Indigenous Education: Philosophies and Practices Wednesday, April 6 at The University of Alabama.