News and Announcements

• NSF Selects UA Students, Alumna for Highly Competitive Fellowships

  May 2, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The National Science Foundation selected seven University of Alabama students and one alumna for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program from among more than 13,000 applicants.

• Program Developer Named UA Student Employee of the Year

  April 10, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Luke Colburn, lead student developer at the Center for Advanced Public Safety, has won the 2013 University of Alabama Student Employee of the Year Award.

• UA to Host Robotics Competition

  April 2, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  More than 350 students from third graders to seniors in high school from across Alabama will be at The University of Alabama April 6 telling robots what to do and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition.

• UA Engineering Theater Group Presents ‘All the Great Books Abridged’

  March 12, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theater, or COE Does ART, will parody classic literature in its production of “Engineers Present: All the Great Books Abridged.”

• UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013

  February 28, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.

• UA Study: Thanksgiving Driving Patterns Increase Risk for Fatal Crashes

  November 16, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Analyzing Alabama and national fatal crash data during Thanksgiving week, University of Alabama researchers found common factors in fatal crashes throughout the year are exaggerated by the activity of Thanksgiving week.

• UA Professor Leads Effort to Teach Computer Science in High Schools

  November 14, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Continuing efforts to introduce computer science to high school students, a $1 million grant was awarded to Dr. Jeff Gray, associate professor of computer science in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, to train teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board AP exam.

• Renowned Engineer, Author to Speak at UA

  October 23, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  Dr. Henry Petroski, professor, author and a leading expert on engineering failures throughout history, will visit The University of Alabama campus Nov. 7, capping his visit with a public lecture in the Ferguson Center.

• UA College of Engineering to Host Open House

  September 19, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Engineering Day, or E-Day, an open house for high-school students and their families, Thursday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

• UA College of Engineering Selects Ambassadors

  September 5, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE - UANEWS.UA.EDU

  The University of Alabama recently selected 19 students as 2011-2012 Ambassadors of the College of Engineering, or ACEs.

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