Eight UA Graduates Receive Fulbright Awards for Study, Teaching Abroad
Eight University of Alabama graduates have won Fulbright Awards from the U.S. State Department to serve abroad as researchers and English Teaching Assistants during 2014-2015.
Students
UA Doctoral Student Named Tillman Military Scholar
Michael A. LaRocca, a University of Alabama doctoral student in clinical psychology, is one of 60 U.S. service members, veterans and military spouses chosen as 2014 Tillman Military Scholars, a program of the Pat Tillman Foundation.
UA Start-Up Company Ready to Serve Construction Industry
A company supported by The University of Alabama will open for business June 6, the culmination of years of hard work by a recent engineering graduate.
UA Engineering Students Build Robot for Space-Mining Contest
Students in the Alabama Astrobotics team from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will participate in the NASA Robotics Mining Competition May 19-23 at Kennedy Space Center.
UA’s Black Belt Experience Partners Students with Perry County Communities
Participants in The University of Alabama’s University Fellows Black Belt Experience are engaged during May in an array of initiatives in Marion and Perry County. The projects include revitalizing a school library, producing a cookbook and creating a short film on the history of the city.
UA Rocket Team Ready for Launch
A team of University of Alabama students known as the Yellowhammers will compete in the NASA Student Launch challenge May 15-17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah.
UA Senior Wins National Journalism Multimedia Award
Daniel Roth, a senior telecommunication and film major at The University of Alabama, has been named winner in the “Best Use of Multimedia” category for the 2013 national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.
Spring 2014 Graduates Announced at UA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 4,410 degrees during spring commencement Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will
UA’s College of Arts and Sciences Selects Ambassadors
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced its student Ambassadors for the 2014-15 academic year.
UA’s Interim Classes Explore Detection, Games, Forests, Weaving
Professors at The University of Alabama are offering a number of thought-provoking, unusual and challenging classes during UA’s May Interim session from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 23. Classes range from the Science and Anthropology of Detection to Introduction to Weaving.