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Healthcare Professionals to Speak at 2022 McCollough Forum
From the February 2022 Desktop News | Medical professionals from around the southeast will address students at the 20th annual Susan N. and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 11 at Smith Hall.  The forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, will begin with a lecture by Dr. B.L. Stalnaker, a doctor […]
Attend the 2021 McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Online
Medical professionals from around the state will address students at the 19th annual Susan N. and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Jan. 29 in a new webinar format. The forum, designed to prepare students pursuing medical and health science professions, will begin with a lecture by Dr. William E. Admire, the vice president and chief […]
Digital Honors: Sean Drummond
Sean Drummond is one of this year’s Dean’s Award of Merit winners. A senior from Birmingham, Alabama, Sean is majoring in biology and minoring in Spanish. What has been your favorite experience? My favorite experience has been being an ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers such a unique opportunity for communicating […]
A&S in the News: February 2-8, 2020
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 Family Night at the Museum, hemp research, and more. […]
Bridges to Better Health: UA Pre-med Students Work as Spanish Translators at Clinics for the Medically Underserved
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. […]
Founder and CEO of IntegraNet to Address McCollough Forum
From the January 2016 Desktop News |Â Larry Wedekind, founder and CEO of IntegraNet Health Systems, will be the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum on Friday, Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture and discussion will be […]
Governor Bentley to Speak to Pre-health Students
From the January 2015 Desktop News | Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, a graduate of The University of Alabama School of Medicine, will present the opening lecture at the 13th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Friday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus. The […]
Expanding the Reaches of Medicine
While hordes of pre-health students scramble to prepare for medical school interviews and perfect their already polished applications, a University of Alabama senior has taken a different approach to pursuing his passion for medicine. Brian McWilliams, though beginning his third year of college, will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biology. By the […]
Instilling a Love of Science
From the February 2014 Desktop News | Pre-health honors students in the College are entering their second semester of leading an after-school science program at Matthews Elementary, where about 45 UA students go twice each week to lead hands-on science experiments. Monica Brint, a junior majoring in biology, started the program – called Discovery Buddies […]