Four UA Students Named Goldwater Scholars in 2017
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected four University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2017-2018.
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UA’s English Writing Center Offers New Twitter Service to Students Who Have Writing Questions
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s English department writing center has launched a new “Tweet at the Writing Center” service that allows students to ask writing related questions and receive answers through Twitter.
To participate in the service, students tweet their questions to @UAWriting Center using the hashtag #helpwritenow.
UA Workshop Supports Minority Women Studying in STEM Fields
The University of Alabama hosted a workshop aimed to help administrators, staff and professors share and discover ways to engage students, particularly minority women, interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
Golf Tournament Fundraiser Benefits UA’s RISE Center
The RISE Tournament of Champions benefiting The University of Alabama’s RISE Center will be held April 20 and 21 at NorthRiver Yacht Club.
UA Partners with Pickens County to Host Health Fair
The University of Alabama-Pickens County Partnership is partnering with Pickens County Medical Center to host a health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 6.
UA Law School to Host Symposium on Difference, Identity Concerns
Legal scholars will visit The University of Alabama School of Law April 7 to discuss how the law responds to difference and identity concerns.
UA Analysts: Record Confidence Continues among Business Leaders
Business confidence continues to increase in the state of Alabama, according to to a survey conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Technology Meets Fashion in UA Collaboration
An unlikely collaboration between two University of Alabama colleges has resulted in an innovative, yet fashionable, way of displaying student work.
Business, Engineering Majors Win $50,000 in Business Plan Competition
Three undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are ready to take the next step in changing how life-saving medicines are stored and transported after winning the $50,000 grand prize at the Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition recently at UA.
UA Student Selected for Advertising Internship Program
University of Alabama student Alexandra McKee has been named a finalist for the 2017 American Advertising Federation’s Vance and Betty Lee Stickell Student Internship Program.