collegian winter 2019 – Page 3 – College of Arts & Sciences

Religious Studies Awarded $350,000 Grant from the Luce Foundation

July 23, 2019

From the July 2019 Desktop News | UA’s department of religious studies was recently awarded a $350,000 grant by the Luce Foundation to fund an interdisciplinary conference surrounding the teaching, research, and public scholarship of religion in America. The conference, known as American Examples, aims to redefine the study of American religion and apply it to other fields of study, such as global conflict, social movements, and the study of religion in other areas of the world. Non-tenure track faculty, […]

Breaking the Ice: Taking a Non-traditional Approach to Academia

June 12, 2019

Victoria Fitzgerald on the ITGC's research facility in Antarctica (Credit: Victoria Fitzgerald).

From the June 2019 Desktop News | When Victoria Fitzgerald arrived at UA to begin her PhD in January, she thought she would spend most of her time studying the Jurassic Period eolian rock formations of Alabama, extending her master’s program research. She thought most of her time would be spent in the Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies in Tuscaloosa or at the state geological survey, able to drive home to her family in no time. She never thought she […]

Arts and Sciences Receives State Department Award to Develop New Study Abroad Advising Program

June 11, 2019

The program will allow a select group of UA advisers the opportunity to learn first-hand what it’s like to study abroad and will better prepare them to answer questions and concerns about studying abroad.