Tag: URCA

History Students Participate in and Win at URCA Conference

April 20, 2019

Several history majors recently participated in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Conference on campus. Emily Adams presented “Ethical Espionage: The Role of Covert Operations in a Democratic Government,” a project she has completed with Dr. Caroline McClure in the Geography Department. This research explores whether ethically-ambiguous covert action operations have a place within the foreign policy of a democratic government by analyzing the United States’ covert operations in Cuba during the Cold War. By combining research in political […]

Undergraduates Recognized at Campus Research Conferences

April 25, 2018

Several undergraduate students within the Department of History have recently participated in undergraduate research conferences across campus. At the end of last month, several students presented posters at URCA, the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference. The following students presented research they have conducted under the supervision of department faculty: Bradley Beasley, with Dr. John Beeler The Admiralty Foreign Intelligence Committee/Naval Intelligence Department Reports Database In 1883 the British Admiralty (Navy Department) began systematically to preserve intelligence reports on rivals’ […]

Five Undergraduates Present at UA’s Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference

April 2, 2018

Emma Pepperman, “Where Legends Were Forgotten: Enslaved Workers at the University of Alabama, 1831- 1865.” Abstract: On The University of Alabama’s web page is a link explaining the Capstone’s slogan: “WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE is about the past, present and future of The University of Alabama. It speaks to the aspirations of our students and their parents, to the pride of our alumni and donors, and to the devotion of our legions of fans in our state, across the nation […]

Students Participate in The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference

April 19, 2017

On March 30, three History Department students, Senior Hillary Jones, Senior Leif Midgorden, and Junior Charlotte Waters, participated in the University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity conference (URCA). The conference is provides an opportunity for undergraduates to present original research or creative activities. The most outstanding undergraduate researchers from all disciplines of the university present their work in both poster sessions and oral presentations. Each oral session offered students an opportunity to make a 20-minute presentation, followed […]