APR, WVUA Win Multiple Associated Press Awards
Alabama Public Radio and WVUA 23 each won multiple awards, including APR’s selection as Most Outstanding Radio News Operation, during a recent Alabama Associated Press event.
Colleges & Schools
UA Professor, Students Create Media Camp for Underrepresented Girls
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A group of University of Alabama students from various majors have developed a media summer camp for young girls in Tuscaloosa County.
The Druid City Girls Media Camp will be held on UA’s campus from June 26th to June 30th.
UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute
For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.
UA Professor’s ‘PhotoVoices’ Project Receives $25,000 NEA Grant
A project by a University of Alabama professor has received a $25,000 “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
UA Social Work Students Launch Internship with Local District Attorney
Katrena Dale would immediately feel the sting of the news she had to deliver.
UA Alumna Creates ‘Artificial Pancreas,’ Open-Source Blueprint
A drop in blood glucose levels in the middle of the night can increase the risk of hypoglycemia, which can cause a range of symptoms that can linger throughout an entire morning.
UA School of Social Work Creates Continuing Education Program
The University of Alabama is now a hub for social work licensure preparation and continuing education.
UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose Benenati, a graduate student in aerospace engineering and mechanics from Lilburn, Georgia; and Dylan Christian Ullery, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering from
UA Social Work Professor Weaves Innovation Into Classes, Scholarship
On a cold winter day, 7-year-old Kevin Corcoran laid across an air vent on the floor of his parents’ home.
UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest
Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.