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 the music therapy program, a new advanced dance degree, research on John Stuart Mill, and more. […]
Tag: Department of History
Freedom on the Move
Dr. Joshua Rothman, UA historian, is part of an effort to complete a comprehensive database containing every runaway slave advertisement in American newspapers prior to the Civil War. The digital humanities project began about five years ago at Cornell University and is a partnership with UA and the universities of Kentucky and New Orleans. […]
A&S in the News: December 9-15, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for holiday events, performances in the School of Music, graduation ceremonies, and more. […]
A&S in the News: December 2-8, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for performances in the School of Music, research on climate change, holiday events, and more. […]
A&S in the News: November 4-10, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Capstone Horn Quartet, research on mass shootings, the mid-term elections, and more. […]
Associate Dean Publishes Book on Prohibition in the South
“A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Bootlegging, Smuggling, and the South during Prohibition,” a book by Dr. Lisa Dorr, associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently published by the University of North Carolina Press. […]
Anthropology, History Professors Producing Podcast About Race
Dr. Jim Bindon, a professor emeritus in the department of anthropology, and Dr. Erik Peterson, an assistant professor in the department of history, started a podcast called “Speaking of Race” after realizing that a large portion of the population was receiving incorrect information regarding race. […]
A&S in the News: September 23-29, 2018
Read local, national, and world news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for Hispanic Latino Heritage Month, research on the Ten Commandments, performances in the School of Music, and more. […]
Michael Ward
As the director of east Oregon’s Umatilla Basin Watershed Council, alumnus Michael Ward is helping to preserve salmon species across the Pacific Northwest, and in the process he won the 2017 Water Resources Conservation Award for his work. Steelhead salmon, one of the species Ward works to protect, relies on access to mountain streams […]
A&S in the News: June 10-16, 2018
Read local and national news that features faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the Miss Alabama pageant, a new White House app, SummerTide Theatre, and more. […]
