Summer Enrichment Workshop Deadline Extended Until May 15
The University of Alabama’s Program for Talent Development and Gifted Studies has extended the deadline for its 2013 Summer Enrichment Workshop through May 15.
Educational Neuroscientist to Address UA Graduate Student Symposium
Dr. Firat Soylu, of Northwestern University, will explain how education can shape neuroscience research at the sixth annual Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methods Graduate Student Symposium Friday at The University of Alabama.
Activist Eli Clare to Lecture at UA about Disability As a ‘Social Justice Issue’
Activist Eli Clare will deliver “Moving Beyond Pity & Inspiration: Disability as a Social Justice Issue,” a workshop aimed at arming people with tools to create more disability access in their workplaces and communities, at 11:30 a.m. April 16 in room 313 of Graves Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
UA School of Social Work Launches Honors Program
The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work has launched an undergraduate honors program, and, with it, an internship experience that, until this semester, has only been available to its graduate students.
UA College of Education to Host ‘Future Teachers of America Day’
The University of Alabama College of Education Ambassadors is sponsoring the 9th Annual Future Teachers of America Day Friday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Graves Hall.
Media Advisory: UA College of Nursing to Host Live Simulation of Inter-professional Care
Media are invited to attend a live, interprofessional rural health simulation with standardized patients playing the role of military veterans with multiple chronic conditions Monday at The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
UA Social Work Professor Named Buford Peace Award Winner
Dr. Josephine (Jo) Pryce, associate professor of social work at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2014 winner of the Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award.
Three UA Education Faculty Earn McCrory Awards
The University of Alabama’s College of Education recently announced the 2014 recipients of the Nellie Rose McCrory Faculty Excellence Awards.
Visiting Researcher to Give Emergency Preparedness Talk at UA
Dr. Victoria Raveis, a social gerontologist and medical sociologist, will present “Emergency Preparedness: When Natural Disasters Strike,” at noon Monday in room 104 of Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Panel to Feature Noted Social Justice Researcher
Dr. Susan R. Rankin will deliver her lecture, “Stormy Weather: The Influence of Campus Climate on Building Inclusive Communities” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in Lloyd Hall, room 222, on The University of Alabama campus.