UA In the News — Aug. 24

UA President has aggressive growth plan Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 23 The University of Alabama is trying to grow in a big way. UA President Stuart Bell has a growth plan that includes growing the tenure-track faculty by 40 percent. That would mean adding 300 to 400 researchers and educators t the more than

Sale to Benefit UA’s RISE Center

“Buy for RISE,” a charity sale and silent auction, will raise money for The University of Alabama’s RISE Center Friday, Aug. 26, and Saturday, Aug. 27, at the center, 600 Johnny Stallings Drive, across from University Medical Center.

UA Psychology Professor Honored for Contributions to Geropsychology

Dr. Forrest Scogin, professor of psychology at The University of Alabama, received the American Psychological Association Committee on Aging’s Award for the Advancement of Psychology and Aging at its annual convention earlier this month.

UA In the News — Aug. 23

Virtual sandbox teaches about floods — RISE Center holds sale — Workplaces still dominated by men — and more.

UA In the News — Aug. 20-22

UA helps out Hobson City celebration — Seeking tenure-track faculty — UA student aims for Paralympics — and more.

UA Preview

MONDAY, AUG. 22 – SUNDAY, AUG. 28, 2016 BEST BETS WHEELCHAIR TENNIS PLAYER TRAINING FOR PARALYMPICS  – Shelby Baron, a Hawaii native and UA communicative disorders major, will compete for the United States Women’s Wheelchair Tennis team in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, which begin Sept. 7. Baron, who is training for her first

“Script A” Class Photo

“Script A” Class Photo

Before classes began, UA freshmen students had the opportunity to meet fellow newcomers as well as UA faculty and staff and participate in a new tradition–Alabama’s first “Script A” photo with their entering class.

UA Announces Strategic Plan for Advancing the Flagship

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama today unveiled a five-year strategic plan to serve as the roadmap for its future success. The UA Strategic Plan: Advancing the Flagship is available at https://www.ua.edu/strategicplan. “This plan allows us to dream big, to take the outstanding university we are today and to envision opportunities and possibilities and strive

UA Law School to Host Conference on Bank Director, Officer Responsibilities

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legal scholars and members of the banking community will visit The University of Alabama School of Law Aug. 26 to discuss bank director and officer responsibilities. The conference on Bank Director & Officer Responsibilities will be held in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom, room 140. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free

UA Awarded Research Grant to Focus on Entrepreneurship, Business Growth

The University of Alabama was awarded a $100,000 grant to support research to understand the factors leading to the successes and failures of businesses that went public in 1996, the largest initial public stock offering class on record.