2020-09-17 15:26:42 Morton Hall reopens with 21st century panache, versatility Details Published: 17 September 2020 It’s a fact of life: change is inevitable. And Morton Hall has witnessed its fair share over the past six decades. The historic structure houses the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHS) at the University of Alabama in … Read more » 2020-03-12 15:22:17 NAACP 2020 Humanitarian Award presented to Dr. Noelle Hunter Details Published: 12 March 2020 The Alabama NAACP Humanitarian Award "honors community activists who have made significant contributions in the lives of others." Dr. Noelle Hunter, Lecturer in Political Science, was nominated by Joshua Thompson, president of the Alabama NAACP … 2020-02-03 15:00:00 Professors to study whether socioeconomics and environment affect child immunity Details Published: 03 February 2020 Two professors at UAH have teamed up with a genetic sequencing firm at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to try to understand whether the socioeconomic status of parents and environmental exposures have an impact on the developing … Read more » 2019-07-18 16:06:22 Political science major completes summer internship in Senator Shelby’s D.C. office Details Published: 18 July 2019 A.J. Brien, a junior political science major at UAH, spent part of his summer as an intern for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) in his Washington office. In addition to attending hearings on behalf of the office and answering constituent … Read more » 2019-06-04 18:52:04 A trip to Capitol Hill gives public affairs graduate real-world political advocacy experience Details Published: 04 June 2019 Given her professional aspirations to become a policy maker, it seems all but inevitable that Erin Wright will one day end up in Washington, D.C. So she was thrilled to be invited on a trip to the nation’s capital last month to attend Advocacy … Read more » 2019-05-20 21:18:57 Shooting for the Moon: UAH M. Louis Salmon Library awarded Recordings at Risk grant Details Published: 20 May 2019 The UAH M. Louis Salmon Library Archives and Special Collections has been awarded a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings as Risk Grant. UAH was the only Alabama institution selected to receive the award in the fifth … Read more » 2019-04-29 19:42:27 UAH political science major Bobby Marsh awarded law scholarships to Ole Miss Details Published: 29 April 2019 Bobby Marsh has been interested in politics since the eighth grade when he ran for student body … Read more » 2019-03-01 23:00:00 Environmental justice begins with awareness, advocacy Details Published: 01 March 2019 Uniontown, Ala., a low-income, predominantly black community located in the state’s Black Belt, made the national news back in 2010, when 4 million tons of coal ash were shipped to its Arrowhead Landfill in the wake of a dike rupture at the … Read more » 2018-12-12 19:05:00 Soldier, educator, and public servant says political science is an “ideal major” for her line of work Details Published: 12 December 2018 It was a difficult decision to leave her position as an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at UAH this past summer, but Dr. Kathy Hawk is happy to still be working in the field she had long been teaching: U.S. national … Read more » 2017-12-13 19:16:04 Two UAH researchers undertake cross-college lead poisoning study of rural Alabama town Details Published: 13 December 2017 Dr. Azita Amiri and Dr. Shuang Zhao are helping raise awareness about lead poisoning among children in Uniontown … Read more » 1234