Golf Tournament Helps Children Reach Their Potential at RISE
The RISE Tournament of Champions benefiting The University of Alabama’s RISE Center will be held April 26-27 at NorthRiver Yacht Club.
Colleges & Schools
Students Seek Funding from Bama Blitz to Build Liquid Rocket, Satellite
A group of 30 University of Alabama engineering undergraduate students are attempting to build the first student-designed liquid-fueled rocket to launch a UA-built satellite into space for the first time.
Dr. Russell McCutcheon Named Distinguished Research Professor
Dr. Russell T. McCutcheon, the chair of the religious studies department, recently was appointed by the UA Board of Trustees as a Distinguished Research Professor, one of UA’s most prestigious awards.
New Name for UA’s Culverhouse Business School
The business college at The University of Alabama today announces that it is implementing its new name: Culverhouse College of Business.
UA Honors College Program Seeks Support Through Bama Blitz
Honors College member Asia Hayes brings her own experiences to bear when she works as the DREAM coordinator for Engage Tuscaloosa – a forward-thinking endeavor that seeks to improve the lives of area students through working with UA students. Those wishing to support the program can make a gift online at Bama Blitz’s website April 11-12.
Ceremony Will Celebrate Research by UA Faculty
Members of The University of Alabama faculty will be honored for their research contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day.
UA Holds K-12 Robotics Competition
Kindergarten through 12th-grade students from across the state will put their computer programming skills to the test at the annual Alabama Robotics Competition April 7.
More Than Climate, Engineering Worsening Flooding Along Mississippi
Through discovering ancient floods along the Mississippi River, a group of scientists, including a University of Alabama professor, found human-led engineering, not climate, is the largest influence on worsening floods.
Two UA Students Win Goldwater Scholarships for 2018
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected two University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2018-2019. The winners are Elizabeth Rowe and Donna Xia.
To Understand Autocratic Followers, Strip Research of Bias
The time is right, it seems, for a renewed effort to understand autocratic leaders and their followers without resorting to methods that strip away assumptions of value to the characteristics of followers of autocratic leaders, according to a recent paper by Dr. Peter Harms, assistant professor of management in the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama.