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  • SLIS donates $15,000 in books to Alabama public school libraries 

    SLIS donates $15,000 in books to Alabama public school libraries 

    The University of Alabama’s School of Library & Information Studies donated over $15,000 worth of children’s and young adult books to five public schools in Alabama. 

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  • Pat Duggins: A Radio Icon 

    Pat Duggins: A Radio Icon 

    Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio news director, has had many career moments in his time as a journalist that make for exceptional stories. This is his.

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  • Through thick and thin: What support means for Madison Brainerd

    Through thick and thin: What support means for Madison Brainerd

    From childhood, Madison Brainerd and her parents would make short videos where she pretended to be a news anchor on television. This is her first-gen story.

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  • Meet Johana Chavez, the photographer behind C&IS’s Bama Blitz campaign 

    Meet Johana Chavez, the photographer behind C&IS’s Bama Blitz campaign 

    Johana Chavez is the photographer behind the 2024 Bama Blitz campaign. This is her first-gen story.

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  • From first-generation to professor, Brooks uses life experience to help UA students

    From first-generation to professor, Brooks uses life experience to help UA students

    Dr. Adam Brooks is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies. This is his first-gen story.

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  • C&IS alum wins AAF’s Most Promising Rising Star award

    C&IS alum wins AAF’s Most Promising Rising Star award

    Kennedy Studdard, a C&IS alum, has received the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Rising Star Award.

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  • Communication Studies professor nominated for research award, attends SXSW  

    Communication Studies professor nominated for research award, attends SXSW  

    This March, assistant professor Heather Ashley Hayes, Ph.D., presented at South by Southwest EDU. She will also receive the John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award from SSCA on April 6. 

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  • NOAA approves ICIR research project for almost $200,000 

    NOAA approves ICIR research project for almost $200,000 

    NOAA has awarded nearly $200,000 in funding for water research to be conducted by UA’s Institute for Communication and Information Research.

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  • SLIS Book Bonanza is Accepting Applications

    SLIS Book Bonanza is Accepting Applications

    The School of Library and Information Studies is awarding new children’s and young adult books to school libraries in Alabama’s Black Belt region.

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