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.
Colleges & Schools
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.
Hundreds of Sixth-Graders to Launch Rockets Friday
The Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge will be held at noon Friday, April 6, on The University of Alabama’s outdoor recreation fields.
UA Capstone College of Nursing Professor Receives Burnum Award
Dr. Marietta Stanton is the recipient of the 2017-18 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on professors at The University of Alabama.
Event Spotlights Student Research, Creativity
Juno Provides Exceptional Learning Experiences to Nursing Students
The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing recently welcomed Juno, a new member to the College that provides numerous learning experiences to undergraduate and nurse practitioner students in the classroom as they prepare for careers in the field.
UA Researchers Recruiting Participants for Autism Intervention Trial
The University of Alabama’s Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems is enrolling Tuscaloosa-area youth with autism spectrum disorder for a novel treatment approach that will incorporate theater and peer mediation.
Harris Wins National Fellowship, SEC Faculty Achievement Award
After having just received the 2018 Clarence E. Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing March 2, Dr. Trudier Harris has now been selected as a recipient of the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award and named a 2018-19 Fellow of the National Humanities Center.