Colleges & Schools

UA Graduate Student Wins 2017 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

University of Alabama graduate student Candace Chamber’s will receive the 2017 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.

The Scholars for the Dream Travel Award is a national award given to emerging scholars of color – graduate students – who are embarking on scholarship that is promising, said Dr. Michelle Robinson, an assistant professor of English at UA.

UA Beats UT-Arlington, Wins Wheelchair Basketball National Title

UA Beats UT-Arlington, Wins Wheelchair Basketball National Title

The University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team won its fifth national championship today.

UA Social Work Students To Advocate for Policies in D.C.

There won’t be a post-spring break re-acclimation for a small group of social work students at The University of Alabama.

UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences Wins Big at American Advertising Awards

UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences Wins Big at American Advertising Awards

The College of Communication and Information Sciences won multiple student and professional awards at the local American Advertising Awards.

UA’s Religious Studies Department Marks 50th Anniversary

Now, five decades later, UA’s department of religious studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a showcase of its accomplishments by students, graduates and faculty.

“A lot of units would invite people from outside to talk, as part of these celebrations, but we reasoned that the strength of our department is its current students, past students and our faculty,” McCutcheon said. “So our logic is we wanted to highlight those three groups.”

Chinese History Teacher Learning Social Work Education at UA

Chinese History Teacher Learning Social Work Education at UA

Wenjie Chai has spent a considerable amount of time caring for her children and her elders in the countryside of the Anhui Province of China.

UA Engineering Students Re-create History

UA Engineering Students Re-create History

A few University of Alabama engineering majors have spent the past five months researching and developing a plan to create a replica of an 18th century British Hanger rapier that has been part of UA Museums for the last half century.

Public Relations Diversity Hinges on Leadership

A recent literature review by Dr. Nilanjana Bardhan, a board member of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama, showcases diversity and inclusion trends in the PR industry throughout the 1990s and 2000s. While some progress has been made in terms of recruitment of minorities and advancement of women to more senior executive positions, very little has changed since the 1990s.

Educational Studies’ Graduate Research Symposium Accepting Proposals

Educational Studies’ Graduate Research Symposium Accepting Proposals

The 2017 ESPRMC Graduate Research Symposim will be held Thursday, April 13. As many as five $500 travel awards will be presented to the top graduate students this year.