From the August 2021 Desktop News | Students in The University of Alabama’s Spanish program are taking their language skills outside of the college classroom and into local schools. Each semester, around 15 students with Spanish majors or minors participate in the Spanish Outreach program, a course where they spend at least six hours per […]
Category: News
Articles about news in the College, from student and faculty accomplishments to research advances, new academic programs, and the impact of giving.
New College Professor Awarded Two Fulbright Positions
From the August 2021 Desktop News | Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, a professor of interdisciplinary arts in New College and the School of Music, was recently awarded two different Fulbright positions in one year: one as a Fulbright specialist in Bogotá, Colombia, and the other as a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Toronto, Canada. Dewar, […]
A&S in the News: August 15-21, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for research on absentee voter turnout, commentary on Afghanistan, and more. […]
A&S in the News: August 8-14, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for research on vaccination hesitancy, illegal succulent poaching, and more. […]
A&S in the News: August 1-7, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for Olympic student-athletes, research with NASA patents, and more. […]
A&S in the News: July 25-31, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for summer commencement, research on celebrity culture, and more. […]
Same Pandemic, Different Attitudes
In a series of studies over the course of the global pandemic, assistant professor of geography Dr. Wanyun Shao examined the formation of risk perception and the drivers of participating in mitigation behaviors, and found some behaviors are different than what might be expected. […]
Hardships Pushed Back His Graduation 25 Years; His Time Has Come
After a chain of tragic events pushed back his graduation for 25 years, Angel Narvaez-Lugo, president of the UA Office, Clerical, & Technical Staff Assembly, will walk across the commencement stage on July 31 to receive his bachelor’s degree in religious studies. […]
A&S in the News: July 18-24, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for research on changing attitudes about the pandemic, a rare fossil donated to the UA Museums, and more. […]
A&S in the News: July 11-17, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for fossil excursions, alligator sightings in Tuscaloosa, and more. […]
