Yes, A Box Encourages a Child’s Imagination, Research Confirms
Researchers conclude that children’s play spaces can benefit from the inclusion of generic objects with few details as tools to promote object substitution and creative play.
Colleges & Schools
New Grant Writing Institute Positions Faculty for Success
The College of Communication and Information Sciences launched the Grant Writing Institute designed to position faculty for success in writing grant application proposals and securing grant funding.
UA College of Engineering to Host Robotic Mining Challenge
The five-time NASA Robotic Mining Competition champions from The University of Alabama will take over hosting duties this year.
Bowen: ‘No Closed Doors’ at CrossingPoints
On this day, in a small gymnasium in the Tom Barnes Education Building at UA, Jessica Bowen is teaching color guard routines to a room of beginners. The positions and turns aren’t perfect, but that’s OK; the activity has underlying goals of teamwork, focus and fun.
Lippe Wins HPNA New Investigator Award
Dr. Megan Pfitzinger Lippe, assistant professor and simulation specialist at UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, recently received the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association’s New Investigator Award.
UA to Hold 2019 Spring Commencement Exercises May 3-5
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises beginning Friday, May 3, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
3 UA Students Land Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected three University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2019-2020.
UA Joins UN Network for Sustainable Solutions
A University of Alabama College of Engineering research center has been invited to join a global initiative for the United Nations with a focus on sustainable development.
UA Students Showcase Creativity, Promote Sustainability
UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences hosted its annual Tee Time Fashion Show April 16 on the lawn of Doster Hall.
Three Students, Six Degrees, One Company
A trio of students formed Ortho Screws, a start-up company based on a sensor designed to alert patients and health providers if orthopedic screws are loosening.