Nursing–theatre collaboration brings real emotion to end-of-life simulations at UAH
Nov 19, 2015
It's your first day as a brand-new nurse, and it isn't going well. Your patient, an elderly woman with a terminal illness on the hospice unit, is struggling to take a breath as her worried family members look on. A few hours into your shift, when she ceases breathing for long periods of time, you recognize it as a sign of impending death. And before long, she's gone. Now her husband and daughter are looking to you to figure out what just happened - and what they're supposed to do next. ...
UAH professor Clarke Rountree publishes first book in Rhetoric, Law & the Humanities series
Nov 16, 2015
Rhetoric, Law, & the Humanities , a new book series edited by Dr. Clarke Rountree, Chair and Professor of Communication Arts at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently published its first book, Drone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age by Marouf A. Hasian, Jr. ...
Humanities Center poised to celebrate its 25th anniversary
Nov 16, 2015
UAH's Humanities Center will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, and its director, Dr. Eric Smith, is enthused about the evolution of the center, started with a 1991 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant that was bolstered by other donations. ...
UAH to award its first bachelor’s degree in theatre this December
Nov 09, 2015
It will be a milestone moment this December when graduating senior Shawn Murdock becomes the first student to receive a bachelor's degree in theatre from UAH. But it's one that might not have happened for the theatre and English double major had he not taken a theatre appreciation class his first semester. "I loved it so much that I decided to add a theatre minor," he says. That soon led to roles in UAH Theatre's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Becky Shaw" - and in what finally sealed the deal for Murdock to upgrade the minor to a major - the opportunity to direct his own production of "Beckett in the Black Box" this fall. ...
UAH Humanities Center welcomes noted French philosopher and Eminent Scholar Dr. Alain Badiou
Nov 09, 2015
Noted French philosopher Alain Badiou will visit The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) as a Humanities Center Eminent Scholar and give a keynote address on Tuesday, Nov. 24. The event will mark Badiou's first formal presentation in the American South. ...
By leaving home, UAH student finds deeper connection with family
Nov 04, 2015
It's not every young man in Kentucky who chooses to fulfill his high school's language requirement by taking German, but Louisville native Nate Long had something of a special connection. "The start of this story goes all the way back to 1896, when my great-great-great grandparents emigrated from Bremen, Germany, to Sulphur Springs, Ohio," says Long. "Thus the Geigers, the Bauers, the Longs - and my personal favorite - the Schnarrenburgers, got all tangled up into one family tree." ...
UAH Philosophy Department welcomes Scott F. Aikin co-author of Why We Argue (And How We Should)
Nov 02, 2015
Scott F. Aikin, co-author of the book Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement, will give a public talk at UAH on Wednesday, Nov. 11. ...
UAH Theatre Program to Present: "The Laramie Project"
Oct 30, 2015
On the night of Oct. 6, 1998, a biker found the badly beaten body of Matthew Shepard, abandoned and tied to a cattle fence on the outskirts of Laramie. Shepard, a 21 year-old gay student attending The University of Wyoming would die six days after the brutal attack. ...
Beckett in the Black Box
Oct 15, 2015
October 15 - 17, 2015 @ Morton Hall
Join us for an evening of absurdity with Samuel Beckett. FREE Admission. ...
UAH to host Holocaust workshop for local educators
Oct 08, 2015
The Department of History and the College of Professional Studies at UAH are pleased to present "Teaching the Complexities of the Holocaust," a free professional development workshop for North Alabama teachers in grades 6-12. The workshop will be held on Monday, Jan. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the UAH campus. ...