UA In the News — May 6
Job prospects up for grads — Arts Renaissance boosts creativity in schools — A look at the unemployment rate in Alabama — and more.
Spring 2016 Graduates Announced at UA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 5,350 degrees during spring commencement Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 254,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include:
UA’s May Interim Session Offers Variety of Unusual Classes
Professors at The University of Alabama are offering a number of thought-provoking and unusual classes during UA’s May Interim session, which runs from Monday, May 9, through Friday, May 27.
UA Scientists Cite Evidence that Mosasaurs Were Warm-Blooded
Mosasaurs – an extinct group of aquatic reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period – possibly were “endotherms,” or warm-blooded creatures, a paper co-written by a University of Alabama professor suggests.
UA In the News — May 5
Graduates look toward life after UA — Studying Cuban forests — UA, NASA and earthquakes — and more.
UA Professor Named Library Diversity Research Honoree
The American Library Association named The University of Alabama’s Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo as its 2016 Achievement in Library Diversity Research honoree.
UA In the News — May 4
Graduation coming up — Program for at-risk youth — Discussing the Holocaust — and more.
UA Student News for May 3, 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. DEADLINES Full payment or participation in payment plan for summer term, May 10 Priority renewal date for registered campus organizations for fall time period, May 31 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS The University will
UA In the News — May 3
Commencement ceremonies are coming — Project LAUNCH — UA professor looks at the lives of military kids — and more.
UA Researcher Studies Cuba’s Coastal Forests in Anticipation of Tourism Increase
Dr. Michael Steinberg, a University of Alabama researcher, is conducting a study of the coastal mangrove forests in Cuba’s Zapata Peninsula and in two national parks. The study uses satellite maps of the park’s coastal mangrove forests from the past 40 years to examine the forests growth or decline during that time frame.