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UA Horn Player Receives International Recognition

September 18, 2019

From the September 2019 Desktop News | First-year graduate student Matthew Meadows has continued the legacy of Alabama’s French horn studio by placing second in the university level of the nation’s largest and most prestigious horn competition. Meadows, who is studying French horn performance, competed against dozens of other horn players from North America, Asia, Europe, and South America in the International Horn Competition of America at the university level. Over three rounds of performances, Meadows proved himself to be […]

The Making of the Million Dollar Band

September 17, 2019

Members of the Million Dollar Band in the stands at the Alabama vs. Duke football game.

From the September 2019 Desktop News | Butler Field is a bit more crowded than one would expect for a rainy Saturday afternoon in August. An approaching downpour causes families, students, and friends to hide under large umbrellas and plastic ponchos. Most groups would postpone practices or cancel events in this kind of weather. But the ever-so resilient 400 members of the Million Dollar Band march on, their feet perfectly in time with every beat. For over 100 years, the […]

Black Warrior Review Awarded National Literary Magazine Prize

August 16, 2019

The cover of the Black Warrior Review pasted over the faces of three men in suits.

From the August 2019 Desktop News | The Black Warrior Review, a literary magazine run entirely by UA graduate students, was recently awarded a Whiting Literary Magazine Prize, the largest national prize for nonprofit literary magazines. “It’s very impressive and welcome news that the Whiting Foundation took notice of this student publication here at UA and wanted to reward it with this grant and support it to keep doing the work that they’re doing,” Joel Brouwer, the chair of UA’s […]

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.

Bridges to Better Health: UA Pre-med Students Work as Spanish Translators at Clinics for the Medically Underserved

June 10, 2019

Students work as Spanish translators both in-person and through forms of remote communication.

Dr. Shirin K. Posner, UA Spanish instructor and director of Spanish Outreach, created a course that gives students who plan to enter the medical field a way to combine their Spanish and health care knowledge.

Just Trying to Have School: New Book From UA Professor Explores Desegregation in Mississippi

June 10, 2019

Dr. Natalie Adams's new book, "Just Trying to Have School," will be published this fall.

From the June 2019 Desktop News | New College professor Natalie Adams and James Adams of Mississippi State University are awaiting the publication of their new book, Just Trying to Have School: The Struggle for Desegregation in Mississippi. Grounded in extensive research and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, and educators at every level, the pair piece together a living and breathing recount of Mississippi’s school desegregation— a topic that they say has yet to be explored in desegregation […]

A Journey Through Time: Tuscaloosa Students Showcase 200 Years of History

June 10, 2019

Students from Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary show off their knowledge of Tuscaloosa history at their exhibit in the Tuscaloosa Through Time event.

From the June 2019 Desktop News | Students from around the county recently transformed Bryant Conference Center into a time-traveling trip through Tuscaloosa, showing off their skills in a project that encapsulates the city’s 200-year history. The event, called Tuscaloosa Through Time, brought together students of all ages and schools to create displays, videos, skits, and other interactive presentations that showcase different decades in Tuscaloosa history. Each school was assigned a different era to explore, presenting to over 10,000 of […]

UA Professors Selected For Prestigious NHC Summer Residency

February 25, 2019

Two UA professors, Dr. Mairin Odle and Dr. Rekha Nath, were recently awarded summer residencies with the National Humanities Center. Nath and Odle will join 40 other professors from across the country in a state-of-the-art research facility for one month during the summer.