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Political Science, African & African American Studies Student Receives $40,000 NSF Grant
Julie Gallagher, graduate student of the Department of Political Science and African and African American Studies, has received a $40,000 National Science Foundation internship grant for her efforts in advancing the NSF research of Najja Baptist, assistant professor...
Ten Students Named Semi-Finalists in Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship Program
Ten U of A undergraduate and graduate students have been chosen as semi-finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship Program at the United States level. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers two primary awards: the English Teaching Assistantship, which...
Historian Wins Prize for Best Book in Slavic Studies
Distinguished Professor of History Trish Starks was awarded the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies prize for Best Book at their 60th anniversary meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill. The committee recognized Starks' book, Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR, as the...
Historian Receives Grant From National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine
The National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine have awarded Distinguished Professor of History Trish Starks a $50,000 grant to write a book on the history of population health in Russia over the course of the 20th century. In Save the Men! Russian...
I³R Launches Music Competition to Capture the Spirit of Innovation
The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research at the U of A (I³R) today launched a competition for original music to serve as the institute’s leitmotif. The selected piece of music will be unveiled at the upcoming grand opening of the institute’s new advanced...