UA Students Lead Projects in the Black Belt
A group of 30 University of Alabama honors students is spending May 7-25 in Marion carrying out multiple community-service projects in the Black Belt.
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UA Student Team Readies Robot for Lunar-Mining Contest
Alabama Lunabotics, a team of students from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College, will compete in the NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition May 21-27 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
UA Students Secure $5.8 Million in Tax Refunds for Alabama Families through SaveFirst
University of Alabama students recently worked at free tax preparation sites across the state to prepare more than 3,200 returns for working families to secure $5.8 million in tax refunds and save almost $1 million in tax preparation fees.
UA Offers Summer Enrichment Workshop for Area Students
The University of Alabama College of Education’s program for gifted and talented in special education is offering its 35th annual Summer Enrichment Workshop June 11-29 at Matthews Elementary School.
May Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama will award some 3,778 degrees during spring commencement Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, on campus.
With Sturdy Helmet Design, UA Students Win Metalcasting Contest
For the second year in a row, a team of University of Alabama engineering students won the Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society. By designing and casting a helmet for soldiers, the students were exposed to leading-edge metallurgical-engineering technology.
UA MBA Candidate Uses Shrimp-Shell Compound in Efforts to Develop New Bandage
Dr. Whitney Hough is scheduled to earn her MBA from The University of Alabama this week, but she’s not looking forward to joining the business world. She’s already there.
Strawberry Festival to be Held at UA Farmers Market
Homegrown Alabama, the student-led farmers market, will host its first Strawberry Festival Thursday, May 3, from 3-6 p.m.
UA Art Student Wins Prestigious Windgate Fellowship
University of Alabama senior Adam Hill of Douglasville, Ga., has been awarded a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship from the UNC Asheville Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.
UA Student Selected Recipient of $5,000 LAGRANT Scholarship
Benjamin T. Ladrillono, a University of Alabama sophomore in the department of advertising and public relations, was one of 16 undergraduate minority students nationwide to receive a $5,000 scholarship from The LAGRANT Foundation.