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Two UA Students Win Goldwater Scholarships for 2018

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

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

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

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

Event Spotlights Student Research, Creativity

Juno Provides Exceptional Learning Experiences to Nursing Students

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

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

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.

New U.S. Census Estimates: Baldwin County Leads in Net Migration

New U.S. Census Estimates: Baldwin County Leads in Net Migration

Baldwin County’s rapid growth revealed in recent U.S. Census estimates is attributed to the quality of life it offers, according to a University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research representative.

‘I Felt Like a Change-Maker’: UA Students Return from Capitol Hill

‘I Felt Like a Change-Maker’: UA Students Return from Capitol Hill

Forty-eight UA, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Alabama at Huntsville undergraduate and graduate students took part in the “Washington, D.C. Policy and Advocacy Fly-In,” a unique crash course in policy research, strategy and advocacy created in 2017.