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UA Engineering Students Build Robot for Space-Mining Contest

Students in the Alabama Astrobotics team from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will participate in the NASA Robotics Mining Competition May 19-23 at Kennedy Space Center.

UA’s Black Belt Experience Partners Students with Perry County Communities

Participants in The University of Alabama’s University Fellows Black Belt Experience are engaged during May in an array of initiatives in Marion and Perry County. The projects include revitalizing a school library, producing a cookbook and creating a short film on the history of the city.

UA Rocket Team Ready for Launch

A team of University of Alabama students known as the Yellowhammers will compete in the NASA Student Launch challenge May 15-17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah.

UA Senior Wins National Journalism Multimedia Award

Daniel Roth, a senior telecommunication and film major at The University of Alabama, has been named winner in the “Best Use of Multimedia” category for the 2013 national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.

Spring 2014 Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 4,410 degrees during spring commencement Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 239,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include:

UA’s College of Arts and Sciences Selects Ambassadors

The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced its student Ambassadors for the 2014-15 academic year.

UA’s Interim Classes Explore Detection, Games, Forests, Weaving

Professors at The University of Alabama are offering a number of thought-provoking, unusual and challenging classes during UA’s May Interim session from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 23. Classes range from the Science and Anthropology of Detection to Introduction to Weaving.

Media Advisory: UA’s Spring Commencement Exercises

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises May 2-3 at Coleman Coliseum.

UA Selected for National Vehicle Contest

Students from several disciplines across The University of Alabama will compete nationally over the next four years to design an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle. The contest, called EcoCAR 3, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co.

Student Art Work on Display at UA’s Museum of Natural History

The Alabama Museum of Natural History recently began displaying images of creatures from the Dinosaur Age rendered by a University of Alabama senior.