UA In the News — May 25
Astrobotics team wins competition — Archive of fugitive slave ads — Report on the Montgomery unemployment rate — and more.
UA Psychology Professor Garners NIH Research Award
Dr. Ian McDonough, assistant professor of psychology at The University of Alabama, has been named a winner of the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Honors, a paper competition of the National Institutes of Health.
AIME Day
Students and faculty from across The University of Alabama competed in business plan competitions and showcased emerging technology at AIME Day, an annual pitch and demonstration expo for inventors and entrepreneurs at UA and economic development officials in Alabama.
UA In the News — May 24
EcoCar team gets to work — Big win for robotics team at NASA — New managing editor at WVUA — and more.
Student-driven UA Special Olympics Teams Lead Unified Sports Initiative
Add The University of Alabama’s Unified Special Olympics team to its ever-growing list of national champions.
Mike Royer Named Managing Editor for UA’s WVUA 23 Television
Mike Royer, a 40-year veteran of the broadcast television industry, has been named the managing editor of The University of Alabama’s WVUA 23 television station.
For Second Straight Year, UA Engineering Students Win NASA Contest
Alabama Astrobotics took top prize at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition, besting student teams from 45 other institutions in the challenge to build a robot capable of navigating and excavating simulated Martian soil.
UA In the News — May 21-23
UA’s Early College partners with Mobile school — Benefits of learning English in school — Fulbright scholars — and more.
UA’s University Fellows Perform Service Projects in Marion
During May, student members of The University of Alabama’s University Fellows Experience perform a variety of community-centered projects and initiatives in Marion as a part of their freshman year Black Belt Experience.
UA Astronomer Explores Universe through Remote-Controlled Telescope
Access by the astronomers at The University of Alabama to the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope in the Canary Islands will benefit both research and students at UA.