CrossingPoints, a student transition program on The University of Alabama campus, is growing in both size and reach through a $2.5 million grant to help create a bridge to higher education for those with intellectual disabilities.
Dr. Kevin K. Kumashiro, dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, will deliver the annual Julie C. Laible Memorial Lecture on Anti-Racist Scholarship, Education, and Social Activism Wednesday, Nov. 4 at The University of Alabama.
Dr. Sara McDaniel, assistant professor of special education at The University of Alabama, is the 2016 winner of the E.G. “Ted” Carr Initial Researcher Award, given annually by the Association for Positive Behavior Support.
Three educators with strong ties to both The University of Alabama and the City of Tuscaloosa will be inducted into the Educator Hall of Fame Saturday night.
The University of Alabama’s College of Education is strengthening its international ties through a collaborative effort with Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College in China.
Dr. Bruce Thyer, professor and former dean at the Florida State University School of Social Work, will give a talk on “Evidence-Based Practice: Myths and Misconceptions,” at noon Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in room 104 of Little Hall at The University of Alabama.
The United States and South Africa face similar challenges in dealing with race, poverty and education, according to a South African researcher who’ll speak Thursday at The University of Alabama.
Yugi Guo, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama, has been selected to receive the 2015 Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative Award.
The annual Hispanic Heritage Colloquium at The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work is a celebration of culture, but it’s one with a new mission: to connect Hispanic families with resources and agencies.
Mike LaRocca, a doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at The University of Alabama, is seeking military veterans to participate in a survey-based study about how positive psychology may predict psychological distress among combat veterans.