UA’s CHES Honors Witte with Rowland Teaching Award
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences honored Dr. Tricia Witte with the 2015 Joseph S. Rowland Teaching Excellence Award during recent homecoming activities on campus.
Faculty & Staff
UA’s Fording Wins Book Award
Dr. Richard C. Fording, chair of political science at The University of Alabama, received the Herbert Simon Book Award from the Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association for his book, Disciplining the Poor.
Bonnin Named UA Vice President for Strategic Communications
A communications and marketing professional with 19 years of experience in higher education has been named vice president for strategic communications at The University of Alabama.
UA, Shanghai Normal University Begin Elementary Ed Partnership
The University of Alabama’s College of Education is strengthening its international ties through a collaborative effort with Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College in China.
UA Faculty Members Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Four faculty members at The University of Alabama were selected as 2015 – 2016 Academic Leadership Development Program fellows by the Southeastern Conference. The UA fellows – Dr. Melondie Reeves Carter, assistant dean of undergraduate programs, Capstone College of Nursing; Dr. Matthew Holt, head of the UA department of economics, finance and
UA Researchers Design Material that More Effectively Slows Light
Researchers at The University of Alabama designed and made a material that manipulates the speed of light in a new, more effective way than previous methods, according to findings recently published in Scientific Reports by the Nature Publishing Group.
Award-winning Author Kicks Off UA’s Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Minor With Lecture
Historian and award-winning author Ann Twinam will present “Purchasing Whiteness: Pardos, Mulattoes and the Quest for Social Mobility in the Spanish Indies” on Thursday, Oct. 1 at the inaugural lecture of The University of Alabama’s new Latin American, Caribbean and Latino studies minor.
UA’s Pruitt, Simon to be Honored at Engagement Scholarship Conference
A University of Alabama vice president and a faculty member will be honored at the 16th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference from Sunday, Sept. 27, to Wednesday, Sept. 30, in State College, Pennsylvania.
UA Studying How to Make Longer, More Durable Bridge Girders
Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama are testing massive concrete girders in a campus laboratory to find ways for bridges to span longer distances with fewer supports underneath.
UA to Help Strengthen K-12 Special Education, Math Teachers
K-12 math and special education teachers in Tuscaloosa County and West Alabama will build stronger working relationships and teaching skills through a new research and service project at The University of Alabama.