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2 Students Offered Critical Language Scholarships    /  UA News

The Critical Language Scholarship, a program of the U.S. Department of State, provides immersive summer study experiences that give undergraduate and graduate students a year’s worth of language learning in just eight weeks through intensive instruction and cultural activities.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: April 8, 2026    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Students, UA News   

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2 UA Students Offered Hollings Scholarships    /  UA News

University of Alabama students Zachary Griffith, of Pittsburgh, and Jesse Park, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, were selected for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: June 24, 2025    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

4 UA Students Offered Critical Language Scholarships    /  UA News

The Critical Language Scholarship, or CLS program, is part of a U.S. State Department effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS scholars gain critical language and cultural skills that enable them to contribute to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: May 28, 2025    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Students, UA News   

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UA Professor at the Cutting-Edge of Medicine Design    /  UA News

Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, is a world-renowned voice in the field of translational science for medicine design. His groundbreaking drug delivery systems have been shown to make more efficacious pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: August 13, 2024    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

2 UA Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama faculty members have received Fulbright awards for educators to teach and research around the globe. Dr. Anwarul Haque, associate professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics, and…


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: June 6, 2024    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Partners, UA News    /    Features:     

Love at First SITE    /  UA News

Countless couples have started relationships at The University of Alabama. For Hannah and Jack Houser, you can say it was love at first SITE, as in the Student Introduction to…


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: April 29, 2024    /    Posted in:   Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

3 UA Students Earn Boren Scholarships for Foreign Study    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama students have received Boren Scholarships for the study of languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: April 24, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Partners, Students, UA News   

3 UA Students Awarded Brooke Owens Fellowships    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama students were among 47 from around the nation selected for the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship, a nationally acclaimed nonprofit program that awards exceptional women and gender minorities…


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: March 7, 2024    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Students, UA News   

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Boudouris to Lead UA Research, Economic Development    /  UA News

Dr. Bryan W. Boudouris has been named the next vice president for research and economic development at The University of Alabama and will begin his tenure April 1.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: January 12, 2024    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News   

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Two UA Seniors Awarded Mitchell Scholarships    /  UA News

University of Alabama seniors Anika Cho, of Beaverton, Oregon, and Owen Emerson, of Huntsville, are two of 12 college students from around the nation to receive the U.S.-Ireland Alliance’s George J….


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: November 29, 2023    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News   

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Bryant Welbourne

Communication Specialist Senior, University of Alabama Strategic Communications.


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In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.