Category: News

Articles about news in the College, from student and faculty accomplishments to research advances, new academic programs, and the impact of giving.


UA Professor’s Coping Power Program Goes to Pakistan and around the World

From the April 2017 Desktop News | Trying to circumvent the cycle of violence that is growing within Pakistan—especially among young children—Pakistani native Asia Mushtaq recently relied on an adapted version of UA professor Dr. John Lochman’s Coping Power program to reduce aggression among 9-to 11-year-old boys in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. “The proliferation of violence has become a serious social problem in Pakistan today,” Mushtaq wrote in her study which will be published in Prevention Science. “Environmental factors can initiate aggression and conduct […]

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UA Professor Travels the Globe Teaching English Language Educators

Working with Vietnamese university teachers during a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City

From the April 2017 Desktop News | Dr. Dilin Liu, professor and coordinator of the applied linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages, or TESOL, program in the Department of English, recently returned from a two-week trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Liu was invited to deliver the opening plenary speech at CamTESOL, an annual TESOL conference in Southeast Asia with over 1,500 participants, as well as the closing plenary speech for the research symposium […]

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Alumna Works to Establish Music BA Amidst Conflict in Myanmar

Ten Yeen accompanies her colleague Aung at a concert they organized for Dr. Joanna Biermann.

From the April 2017 Desktop News | According to UA alumna Ten Yeen Chong, the Kachin State of Myanmar is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis and civil war. Just months ago, in Nawng Nang, a village 30 minutes from Kachin’s capital Myitkyina, she said fighter jets with bombing missions flew overhead and government soldiers began appearing around the local college campus. “People flee their homes with no food, no shelter, no warm clothing, no access to medical attention, and nowhere […]

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Scholarships Matter: Nina Witman

From the April 2017 Desktop News | Scholarships Matter is a series of stories highlighting students in the College of Arts and Sciences who have received and been impacted by scholarships. The student featured in this story is the recipient of one scholarship from the College of Communication and Information Sciences and two scholarships from the College of Arts and Sciences—the Outstanding Sophomore Award and the Samuel Clabaugh Scholarship. Scholarships like these are made possible by generous support from our alumni and […]

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Gish Prize Nominee: Seth Panitch

Seth Panitch is a professor of theatre at The University of Alabama, where he directs the Master of Fine Arts and undergraduate acting programs and performs extensively on major national and international stages as an actor, director, filmmaker, and playwright. He has been awarded membership in both the Society of Directors and Choreographers and the Dramatists Guild of America. He has received the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement Award in Faculty Direction for multiple university productions. He has won […]

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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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Undergraduate Research Conference Adds Creative Showcase

From the March 2017 Desktop News | Inspired by the national effort to bring arts back into the research world, The University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference is kicking off its 14th year with an undergraduate Creative Showcase Wednesday, March 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Ferguson Center Theatre and Gallery on the UA campus. “The University of Alabama excels in research and creative activity,” said Dr. Kim Bissell, UA’s director for undergraduate research and associate dean […]

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Alumnus Brings LGBTQ Exhibition to UA Gallery

From the March 2017 Desktop News | A historical exhibition of Charlotte, North Carolina’s queer history will be on display at The University of Alabama Gallery until Friday, April 14. The exhibition is located in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa and is free and open to the public. The exhibition, “Publicly Identified: Coming Out Activist in the Queen City,” was created by UA alumnus Josh Burford while at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, where he is the […]

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Scientist Finds Historical Precedent for Warm Water Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves

Dr. Minzoni samples sediment cores

From the March 2017 Desktop News | In the last few decades, oceanographers have recognized that warm currents running underneath modern ice shelves in Antarctica are compromising ice sheet stability and contributing to rising sea levels, but there has been little evidence of historical precedent, until now. University of Alabama assistant professor Dr. Rebecca Totten Minzoni recently completed a study proving that the relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water Current caused melting on the underside of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea thousands […]

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Alumna Exhibits Video at Seattle Gallery

Withstandley's video installation

From the March 2017 Desktop News | UA alumna Elizabeth Withstandley began working on a multi-channel video of portraits called “You Can Not Be Replaced” in 2012, and the final product of her two-year labor was recently chosen to participate in the outdoor Electronic 4Culture gallery in Seattle, Washington. Only 17 U.S. artists were chosen to display their art this year in the street-facing venue at Seattle’s Pioneer Square, and her work will be displayed from May 2017 until March 2018. Withstandley […]

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