A&S in the News: May 31–June 10, 2017

Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Excellence in Education: Meridian Star (Mississippi) – May 30 Joshua Campbell of Bailey, Miss., has been inducted into the University of Alabama’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. UA recently inducted 43 College of Arts and Sciences students into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. SummerTide SummerTide returns to Gulf Shores for 14th Season (Live Interview): WPMI-NBC (Mobile) – May 30 The University of Alabama’s professional summer theater, SummerTide, is returning to Gulf Shores for its 14th season with […]

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A&S in the News: May 6–30, 2017

Alabama student selected to prestigious Student Congress The Crimson White — May 30 The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship chooses 50 students annually to participate in a National Student Congress focused on promoting the characteristics the famous Kentucky statesman once held dear while also discussing the problems of today. This year, The University of Alabama’s own Kaitlyn Krejci will be representing the state of Alabama at the National Student Congress. The Student Congress will give student representatives a chance to garner […]

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Honors Week 2017: Schedule

Honors Week, The University of Alabama’s weeklong recognition of our students’ academic achievements, takes place this year from April 3–7. As in previous years, the College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate Honors Week with a variety of College-wide and department-specific events. Following is a quick rundown of those events; for details, contact the sponsoring departments or the A&S Dean’s Office. All events are open to the public. College of Arts & Sciences Events EVENT:      Graduate Honors Convocation DATE:        April […]

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A&S in the News: Feb. 18-24, 2017

For decades they hid Jefferson’s mistress. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings Philly.com – Feb. 20 When Jefferson’s critics wrote salacious stories in the early 1800s alleging that the widowed politician had a long-term liaison with one of these slaves, it was said that he kept her “in a room of her own” at Monticello. To pinpoint that room, historians relied on a description provided long ago by a Jefferson grandson, who placed it in the home’s south […]

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UA Professor Elected Fellow to American Physical Society

Dr. Andreas Piepke, a professor in The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society for his work in defining the nature of neutrinos, neutral subatomic particles and fundamental constituents of matter. Each year, only 0.5 percent of the 53,000 members of APS, roughly 265 people, can potentially be elected a Fellow. “It’s a big honor and a welcome recognition for work done in the field,” Piepke said. To […]

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A&S in the News: Jan. 28–Feb. 3, 2017

Déjà Vu? Ocean Warmth Melted Ancient West Antarctic Ice Shelf EOS News – Jan. 31 Scientists sailing on a research cruise in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of western Antarctica, have found evidence of massive, ancient loss of an ice shelf in the region, resulting from contact with warmer seawater. Seafloor sediment cores the team collected in front of the current Cosgrove Ice Shelf indicate that relatively warm ocean water under-melted a vast ice shelf about 2000 years ago, […]

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A&S in the News: Jan. 21–27, 2017

Sonic Frontiers concert set for Friday in Moody Recital Hall Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 24 An electronic music pioneer will be featured Friday as part of the University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series. Tim Perkis, who has worked in the medium of live electronic and computer sound since the 1970s, will perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. at UA’s School of Music Moody Recital Hall, 810 Second Ave. How partisanship came to rule American politics Al.com – Jan. 22 During […]

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Healthcare Professionals Join for UA’s 15th Annual McCollough Forum

Students can register to attend at prehealth.ua.edu TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Specialists in law and medicine will speak on healthcare reform and other hot topics in medicine at the 15th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 10–11 in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus. The two-day forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and begins with one of three keynote lectures.Dr. […]

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A&S in the News — Jan. 14–20, 2017

Think your dog talks like people? Scientists say you might just be right Washington Post – Jan. 19 “Oh Long Johnson,” a cat once said, back in the primordial history of Internet memes. “Oh Don Piano. Why I eyes ya.” Or so said the captions — appended to the gibberish of a perturbed house cat on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in 1999 and rediscovered in the YouTube era, when millions of people heard something vaguely human echo in a distant […]

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