Student Stories – Page 4 – College of Arts & Sciences

Graduate Student from Tbilisi Hitting the Right Keys in the US

December 13, 2022

From the UA News Center | Aslan Chikovani has been playing the piano since he was 6 years old. The first-year piano performance master’s student in The University of Alabama School of Music is already a well-known name around the Republic of Georgia, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, where he has been winning awards and accolades for years. He was even considered by many as a virtuoso at the age of 13. Now Chikovani is continuing his rise in the […]

UA Student Receives Boren Scholarship to Study in Brazil

December 6, 2022

From the UA News Center | University of Alabama student Sean Atchison has received a Boren Scholarship for the study of languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Atchison, of Chatom, will study Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an emphasis on Brazilian culture, history and politics. Atchison is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a depth study in Latin American studies and a minor in Spanish. He’s part of the UA Honors College, […]

UA Students Working to Help Restore Voting Rights

October 26, 2022

Two UA political science students who are passionate about social justice are getting an experiential learning opportunity working with Return My Vote and UA’s chapter of Vote Everywhere.

A&S Students Explore Washington, DC Career Opportunities During Spring Break

June 1, 2022

a group of students take a photo on the steps of the Capitol Building

Over spring break, 12 students from the College of Arts and Sciences took on the nation’s capital and explored opportunities for future careers during the Washington, DC Professional Preparation Program, hosted by the A&S ICUE Connector.

All Paths Lead to a Community of Support

May 2, 2022

“If someone would have told me a year ago that I was going to win an ASSURE Fellowship, begin an independent study, and present my findings at two research conferences, I would have told them they are crazy.” Conducting and presenting research as an undergraduate student offers a range of benefits, including an opportunity to deepen classroom learning. After taking Dr. Elif Kalaycioglu‘s Humanitarianism course in Fall 2021, junior political science major Emma Kenny was inspired to expand on what […]

UA Mock Trial Team Earns Program Record Bids at Regional Tournaments

March 9, 2022

From the March 2022 Desktop News | The University of Alabama’s Mock Trial team is quickly making history, earning a program record of three bids to the next level of competition at this year’s American Mock Trial Association Regional Tournaments. The group, which consists of four competition teams (A, B, C, D), competed against dozens of nationally-ranked programs during a series of regional elimination tournaments in February. Every team in the nation competes in these regional tournaments, with only the […]

From the Classroom to the Coast

February 21, 2022

As a coastal policy analyst in NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, UA doctoral student Sakinat Ahmad strives to bridge the gap between research conducted at universities and policy that addresses climate-related risks.

Annual Green Week Encourages Local Environmental Advocacy

February 18, 2022

The UA Environmental Council has planned a series of educational and engaging activities and service projects throughout their annual Green Week from February 23-26.

A&S Junior Creates Group to Combat Vaccine Misinformation

January 18, 2022

From the January 2022 Desktop News | In December 2020, junior biological sciences major and McCollough Pre-Medical Scholar Kyle Boden heard that a new vaccine was becoming available to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. He, like many others around the country, was excited by the prospect. But this was quickly dampened by the spread of misinformation, which ran rampant on social media. Boden knew he had to do something. Boden, who hails from Santa Clara, California, and his friend, Crystal Tao, who is […]

Being the Change

January 14, 2022

From the 2021 Collegian | When Brittany Hamner graduated from UA in May 2021, she walked across the stage prepared to take on the world. The 2020 Campbell-Portera Scholarship winner had spent the past four years learning all that she could, getting involved in multiple organizations on campus, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Hamner, a Tuscaloosa native and first-generation college student, decided to go to UA to be close to her large, tight-knit family. UA gave her the opportunity […]