NSF Awards Alabama EPSCoR Grant to Develop Katrina Recovery Plan for Education

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, headquartered at The University of Alabama, a grant to coordinate development of a Hurricane Katrina recovery plan for educational research initiatives damaged within Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

2005 Homecoming Queen Named at UA

University of Alabama senior Mabry Poellnitz of Tuscaloosa was named the UA Homecoming Queen for 2005 during UA’s homecoming pep rally on Friday, Oct. 28.

UA Reality TV Fashion Series Co-Host Search Going to Round 2

Television producers in the Center for Public Television and Radio in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama are going to round two of their search for a co-host of an original reality series focusing on the fashion issues of everyday people.

Chinese Poet Bei Dao to Read a Collection of His Works at UA

The Chinese poet Bei Dao will read a selection of his poems Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall at The University of Alabama.

Alabama Public Radio at UA to Host NPR’s StoryCorps

Alabama Public Radio at The University of Alabama will host National Public Radio’s StoryCorps Nov. 3-21.

UA Students and Professors to Perform La Bohème in Anniversary Concert

Emotions run wild, tensions are thick, and hearts break on most fall weekends in Tuscaloosa, but on the second weekend of November, it won’t just be on the football field.

2005 Homecoming Court Announced at UA

The 2005 University of Alabama homecoming court was selected in a general student election on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

UA to Hold Criminal Justice Career Day Nov. 2

The University of Alabama department of criminal justice and Alpha Phi Sigma, the national criminal justice honor society, will host “Careers in Criminal Justice” Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 12-2 p.m. in 116 Farrah Hall.

New Orleans Jazz Benefit to be Held at UA Oct. 27

The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus program is sponsoring a New Orleans Jazz Benefit Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Concert Hall.

UA Sororities to Hold Halloween Event for Area Children

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association will host Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat on Monday, Oct. 31, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.