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Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, applauds recent announcement to expand computer science curriculum in New York City, which also comes after a similar initiative was announced…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 18, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
College is intended to prepare young adults for the real world, but in Nitin Chopra’s Advanced Energy class, students are already affecting the real world from inside the classroom. After…
Source: Service Learning / Published: September 5, 2015 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students
College should be a time of discovery, adventure and embracing new ideas, but many students have hardly left their home states, let alone the country. Philip Johnson, associate professor of…
Source: Service Learning / Published: August 10, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students
The University of Alabama’s engineering department held the 25th annual SITE camp, or Student Introductory to Engineering Camp, from July 12-31. The camp has three one-week segments in which 150…
Source: Crimson White / Published: July 29, 2015 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Marcus D. Ashford, Greg Singleton
It’s no secret that computer science (CS) courses are not a priority in many high schools. Across the nation, many schools get away with packaging courses that teach kids to…
Source: edSurge / Published: July 22, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
A group of 14 students from the Culverhouse College of Commerce and College of Engineering’s STEM Path to the MBA program will travel to India on July 13 for a…
Source: Culverhouse News / Published: July 9, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students
Alabama is leading the nation in bringing computer science courses to the classroom. In fact, teachers are going back to school to learn how to instruct students in computer science….
Source: WBMA ABC 33/40 / Published: June 24, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course sponsored by Google this summer to train high-school teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board Advanced Placement exam.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 28, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
According to the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, about a third of car crashes on Cinco de Mayo in the past five years involved alcohol….
Source: WBMA ABC 33/40 / Published: May 5, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research
The historic quake, as well as two others, were simulated at the Large Scale Structures Laboratory in the South Engineering Research Center on the University of Alabama’s campus Tuesday to…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 29, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students
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.
