Higher Education — Page 36

Spearman named UAH Outstanding Young Alum

HUNTSVILLE – Kristin Spencer Spearman has been named the 2022 Outstanding Young Alumni of Achievement at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She received her bachelor’s in engineering in 2006. […]

ATHENS — Nearly 70 scholarships are available to residents interested in attending one of Alabama’s community colleges to train for careers in the state’s automotive manufacturing industry. The scholarships are […]

UNA’s Project 208 aims to close the gap in Montgomery

FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama is 208 miles from Montgomery – and from the budgetary process that determines how much money it gets from the state of Alabama […]

HUNTSVILLE – As a commitment to “setting the tone” on advancing equality, Jacobs Engineering presented the Drake State Foundation $200,000 to support the college’s Frontiers Research Program. “Advancing justice and […]

UNA Nursing hosts 'Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower'

FLORENCE – The third Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower, sponsored by the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions, is set for this weekend. Designed for expectant moms in the […]

DECATUR — The Alabama Center for the Arts is calling for art for the ninth annual juried Festival of the Cranes Exhibition. Students, alumni artists, faculty and staff of Athens […]

ATHENS – State Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) and business CEO Mike Underwood have been appointed to the Athens State University Board of Trustees, the university announced today. Gov. Kay Ivey made the […]

HUNTSVILLE – Several undergraduate engineering  programs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have received the highest accreditation from a national board, the university announced. The Engineering Accreditation Commission of […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Rocket City is a hub of research and innovation for the nation – be it defense, space or commercial. So, it’s only fitting that Auburn University decided […]

Alabama A&M physicists win $2.83M federal grant

HUNTSVILLE — Alabama A&M University physicists have been awarded nearly $3 million by the U.S. Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Administration.  The $2.83 million award will fund a […]

HUNTSVILLE – The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that has about 12 times the mass of the sun is detailed in a new Astrophysical Journal research submission, authored […]

Ross gift provides scholarships for UAH grad engineering students

HUNTSVILLE – Lester Ross Sr., Mary Makima Ross’s husband of more than 40 years, said his late wife was always giving money to the “places where it would do the […]

DECATUR — Jazz drummer Jason Marsalis will be the special guest next week for Calhoun Community College Fine Arts Division’s “New Orleans, Then and Now” concert. The free concert begins […]

FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama and its Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions has been named one of the best schools for online higher education in health […]

UAH cyber center awarded J. Edgar Hoover scholarship

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education has been awarded the FBI J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Scholarship. The center was selected by the […]

UNA tops 10,000 students for first time; plans doctoral programs

FLORENCE — For the first time in its 192-year history, the University of North Alabama surpassed 10,000 students. Fall 2022 marks the 14th consecutive term of record enrollment, with increases […]

HUNTSVILLE – University of Alabama in Huntsville coastal resiliency researcher Dr. Abdullahi Salman has been named to the 2022 cohort of Early-Career Research Fellows in the Environmental Protection and Stewardship […]

HUNTSVILLE — Circuit Judge Ruth Ann Hall has been selected as the 2022 Alumni of Achievement award winner for the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the University […]

HUNTSVILLE – A pair of researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville were recognized at the recent National Cyber Summit in Huntsville. Dr. Tommy Morris, director of the UAH […]

No tricks, just treats, at Pawloween in downtown Florence

FLORENCE – Started as a way to provide some fun and a bit of normalcy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Pawloween has now become an annual […]

Alabama A&M AI lab gets boost from Army

HUNTSVILLE — The College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences at Alabama A&M University has received another financial boost of confidence in its two-year-old Laboratory for Deep Learning from the […]

HUNTSVILLE — Shara McQuiston, a junior at Valley Fellowship Christian Academy in Huntsville, has been nominated as a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. The event is June […]

FLORENCE – Kilby Laboratory School is ranked No. 1 in Best Public Elementary School Teachers in Alabama for 2022-2023, according to a report released by Niche, a national education research […]

HUNTSVILLE — Alabama A&M University’s program in Animal Bio-Health Sciences has recently received the support it needs to retain and to graduate minority students through innovative hands-on techniques, in addition […]