DeSoto Caverns Provide UA Geologists Insight into Global Warming
One of Alabama’s popular spots under the ground is helping University of Alabama scientists understand more about global warming on top of the ground.
EveryWoman Book Club to Meet at UA
The EveryWoman Book Club will meet at The University of Alabama to discuss “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. in the Frances S. Summersell Library, located on the third floor of Russell Hall.
UA Museum to Host Open House
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will host its annual Holiday Open House on Sunday, Dec. 5 from 4-7 p.m. in Smith Hall, located near Sixth Avenue on the UA campus.
UA Student Group Sponsors Holiday Drive for Tuscaloosa Family Resource Center
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Student Executive Council is sponsoring a holiday donation drive for the Tuscaloosa Family Resource Center now through Dec. 17.
UA Professor Receives AME’s Kuhmerker Award
Dr. Stephen J. Thoma, professor and chair of human development and family studies at The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, recently received national recognition, being named a recipient of the Association for Moral Education’s Kuhmerker Award.
UA Mechanical Engineering Students to Launch Satellite Balloon
The University of Alabama’s senior mechanical engineering design class is launching a balloon system, BAMASAT-1, on Sunday, Dec. 5, at daybreak (about 5 a.m.) at the Shelby County Airport in Calera. The balloon system will travel to the edge of space and deliver images to earth.
UA Counseling Center Offers Online Resources for Students
All University of Alabama students now have access to a variety of emotional health resources at http://www.ulifeline.org.
UA College of Human Environmental Sciences Presents Alumni Awards
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences recently presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Award to John Rodney Brown of Tuscaloosa; Amy Curry of Houston, Tex.; Linda Godfrey of Vestavia Hills; Lee Green of College Station, Tex.; Linda Newell of Chicago, Ill.; Pam Oldacre Northway of Somerville; and Stella Rainey of Tuscaloosa.
UA Dean Robert Olin Named Chair of American Mathematical Society Committee
Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, has been appointed chair of the American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Science Policy.
UA Hosts Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
The University of Alabama Disabilities Sports (UADS) Program will host the first Alabama Invitational Wheelchair Basketball Tournament from 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4-noon on Sunday, Dec. 5, at the UA Student Recreation Center.