A&S in the News- May 28-June 3

University of Alabama professor wins Mark Twain Award Tuscaloosa News – May 31 A professor of English and creative writing at the University of Alabama, has been named the winner of the 2016 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature. “I feel really good about the award,” Michael Martone said. “It came out of the blue. I had no idea people were thinking about me so that makes it really special.” Welfare Utopia The Atlantic – May 31 […]

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A&S in the News- May 21-27, 2016

Learning English can bring academic success Tuscaloosa News – May 22 For some students, walking into a classroom for the first time is also the first time they are brought into American culture. Six years ago, Danica Gutierrez left Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with her family to come to the United States. She neither spoke nor read English at the time. After a couple of months, she began to slowly grasp the language, but her arrival in Tuscaloosa marked a turning […]

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A&S in the News- May 14-20, 2016

University of Alabama interim course looks at fantasy author Terry Pratchett Tuscaloosa News – May 14 Classics of fantasy — Heinlein, Tolkien, Herbert and the like — rest on Andrea Barton’s shelves. They’ve been read. Terry Pratchett’s books sprawl all over the kitchen, the bathroom, by the bed, everywhere. Those have been read, are being read, and will be read again. “With Pratchett, you kind of live with it,” said Barton, an instructor in the University of Alabama English department, […]

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Summer Dates and Deadlines

May May 6: Graduate reception, 3-5:00 p.m. in Smith Hall. We invite A&S graduates and their families to join us for a celebration reception in the Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall. Refreshments will be provided. May 7: Commencement May 9: Interim classes begin May 9: Last day to add a course or drop a course without a grade of “W” May 18–26: Druid City Opera Workshop, UA School of Music May 21: Last day to drop a course with a […]

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A&S in the News- May 7-13, 2016

Scientists cite evidence that mosasaurs were warm-blooded Phys.org – May 9 Mosasaurs – an extinct group of aquatic reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period – possibly were “endotherms,” or warm-blooded creatures, a paper co-written by a University of Alabama professor suggests. Dr. Alberto Perez-Huerta’s paper on endothermic mosasaurs— co-written with now-graduated doctoral student Dr. T. Lynn Harrell Jr. and Dr. Celina Suarez of the University of Arkansas—was published in a March issue of Palaeontology, a journal published by […]

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A&S in the News- April 30-May 6, 2016

Holocaust discussed at Capitol Montgomery Advertiser – May 3 Gov. Robert Bentley has regularly attended the annual Holocaust remembrance program at the Capitol, but he put in a plug Tuesday for St. James students to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. … Jacobs, a professor at the University of Alabama delivered the keynote address and described the deaths of his grandparents at the hands of Nazis. “They were transported from their village and taken to the Warsaw […]

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A&S in the News- April 23-29, 2016

Putting crime on the map St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press – April 23 Students learned how to put crime on the map Friday at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Steven Ericson from The University of Alabama shared his expertise on the use of geography in crime research as part of Western’s Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker Series. Ericson focused his talk on geographic information systems — known as GIS technology — and how social scientists or members of law enforcement use […]

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UA Art and Art History Faculty Biennial Exhibition

The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents the University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History 2016 Faculty Biennial Exhibition, opening Tuesday, April 19 until Friday, May 27. The public is invited to attend the opening reception April 19 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Every two years, UA studio art faculty exhibit their ongoing research in art in a group show for the community. Gallery director and Associate Professor William Dooley produced the exhibition and comments, “With our […]

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UCRA Accepting Applications for 2016

The Undergraduate Creativity and Research Academy (UCRA) is now accepting applications for the spring 2016 funding cycle. Established in 2014, UCRA aims to fund undergraduate research and creative activity and to highlight the exceptional work of A&S students and their faculty mentors. Students selected for funding will present their work at the annual University Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference, held in the spring semester. They are also encouraged to present their work at regional, national and international conferences. Funding is […]

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