Transformers Toys Provide Key Character Lessons, UA Researcher Says
Parents looking for holiday gifts that instill character should check out the Transformer toys and DVDs, a University of Alabama researcher says.
Alabama Historian to Receive UA’s 2016 Cason Award
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, along with the journalism department, has named award-winning author Dr. Harvey Jackson III winner of the 2016 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing.
South African Artist Headlines 2016 Realizing the Dream Events at UA
Award-winning South African artist Jonathan Butler will be the featured performer for the 2016 Realizing the Dream Concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17 at the Moody Music Concert Hall on the UA campus.
UA Holds Development Symposium for Women in STEM Areas
The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM initiative will host Building an Impact, its fourth annual symposium, on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23, on campus. Building an Impact is designed to provide an opportunity for researchers, academics and industry members from the Southeast to learn and share how to build leadership and career development skills for college women in STEM and to discuss ways to further increase the number of women in STEM initiatives.
UA’s REACH Director Committed to Helping Students from Foster Care
The University of Alabama’s Office of the Provost has selected Shannon Hubbard to be the new coordinator of Alabama REACH, the innovative and nationally known program that assists foster-care and other disadvantaged children in coming to and succeeding at the University.
UA Honors College to Expand Education Outreach Program
The University of Alabama Honors College is expanding its Education Outreach program beginning in 2016. Some 265 Honors College students participate in three mentoring initiatives: a literacy program for elementary students; a character development program for middle school students; and a science, technology, engineering, arts and math program for pre-kindergarten children.
UA’s Public Speaking Program Receives National Recognition
The National Communication Association named The University of Alabama public speaking program as one of the 2015 Programs of Distinction. The award, given by the organization’s basic course division, honored the College of Communication and Information Sciences’ program for its outstanding efforts to cultivate student excellence in oral communication.
UA Gilman Scholar to Study in South Korea
Linnet Kabachi, a UA student from Homewood, has been selected to receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad during the spring 2016 academic term.
Biology Graduate Student Wins UA’s Three Minute Thesis Contest
A University of Alabama graduate student in the department of biological sciences claimed first prize in the Three Minute Thesis competition final, which was held recently on campus.
UA Wraps Up 2015 ‘Beat Auburn Beat Hunger’ Food Drive
The University of Alabama finished the 2015 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive by collecting 116,370 pounds of food.