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 […]
Tag: Department of Political Science
Mock Trial Team Places First and Second in Crimson Classic
The University of Alabama Mock Trial team continued their successful season at their last invitational meet of the year here in Tuscaloosa. In January, the team hosted the first mock trial tournament held at the University, the Crimson Classic, in ten Hoor Hall. The team entered the Crimson Team, which won second place, the White team, which placed first overall, and the Houndstooth team. Nine universities participated with 12 teams competing, including the University of Georgia, Vanderbilt, Millsaps College and […]
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Alumnus Bikes for Better Housing
From the February 2017 Desktop News | Alumnus Henry Downes didn’t take the traditional path after graduation. He took the bike path. Though Downes double-majored in political science and economics, he became a full-time Bike Adventure trip leader after graduation, working for the Fuller Center for Housing, a nonprofit organization in Americus, Georgia, that helps to eliminate poverty housing by working with individuals and communities to build and renovate houses for people in need. Each year, the Fuller Center hosts various cross-country […]
UA Mock Trial Team Wins First Place in Tournament
From the January 2017 Desktop News | With a team that’s only existed for five years – and this year’s team being particularly green at that – no one expected The University of Alabama Mock Trial Team to come out on top of one of the largest collegiate mock trial tournaments in the country. But that’s exactly what they did. Over Veterans Day weekend, UA’s Mock Trial Team competed against more than 50 mock trial teams from 31 universities, including traditional mock […]
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A&S in the News – Nov. 19-25
GEORGE HAWLEY: Win or lose, Trump’s candidacy will have lasting impact on conservatism Missourian – Nov. 8 Hours before polls closed on Tuesday, George Hawley, assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama, joked that he was analyzing the future of the American Right “three or four hours too early.” Hawley, whose research interests include conservative movements and electoral behavior, presented Tuesday afternoon as the second half of a National Endowment for the Humanities push to bring influential […]
A&S in the News – Nov. 12–18
University of Alabama students to present dance show Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 12 The University of Alabama department of theater and dance will present a show next week featuring more than 20 student-choreographed works. “Dance Alabama!” is scheduled to run at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-17 and at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the auditorium at Morgan Hall. Tickets are $14 for UA students, $17 for seniors and UA employees, and $20 for adults. Tickets are available in Rowand-Johnson Hall at […]
Three UA Faculty Members Named Endowed Elmore Professors
In honor of Marilyn Williams Elmore and her husband John Durr Elmore, The University of Alabama Board of Trustees recently approved the establishment of The Marilyn Williams Elmore and John Durr Elmore Endowed Professorship in the College of Arts and Sciences. The professorship, which is funded by the couple’s estate gift in excess of $300,000, provides stipends to recruit nationally and internationally distinguished teacher-scholars as well as to ensure the retention of mid-career faculty whose teaching and research skills are […]
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A&S in the News – Nov. 5-11
Performing arts center designs approved Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 6 The chair of the University of Alabama theatre and dance department predicts the new $60-million performing arts center planned for the historic Bryce campus will have an immediate impact on students as a cutting-edge learning center, while also providing a more inviting venue for theater-goers. “I mean, every aspect of the facilities will be more accommodating both for the audience and the performers,” chair Bill Teague said Nov. 3. The […]
A&S in the News – October 29-November 4
Check Your Ageism, Science. It’s Unbecoming Psychology Today – Oct. 30 As a PhD student of Clinical Psychology of the scientist-practitioner tradition, I am trained in the art and science of psychology. The art being clinical practice— the science being the research. Of course, and ideally, the primary purpose of this scientist-practitioner model is to produce clinicians who are consummate researchers and researchers who are also consummate clinicians. Because a good psychological science is one that studies what it practices […]
A&S in the News – Oct. 21- 28
Stars Exhibit Mysterious Behavior ITech Post – Oct. 22 The universe has many mysteries that astronomers are still trying to figure out. As new discoveries are made, new questions are being raised as well. Many stars are still a mystery, and some stars do have peculiar behavior, such as those that have been found to have conditions that should have destroyed them yet are instead building them up. Dr. Jimmy Irwin is an astronomer from the University of Alabama an […]