High School Students in UA’s Creative Writing Club to Give Reading April 24

Tuscaloosa area high school students from The University of Alabama’s Creative Writing Club (CWC) will give a reading on Monday, April 24, at 5:30 p.m. in room 301 of Morgan Hall.

UA’s GEAR UP Program to Conduct Historical Campus Tour for Holt High Students April 26

The GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Program at The University of Alabama is sponsoring a walking tour of historic civil rights sites on the UA campus for students from Holt High School Wednesday, April 26.

UA’s State Data Center Reports on New Census Data that Looks at Alabama’s Black-Owned Businesses

Revenues generated by the Alabama’s 28,666 black-owned businesses generated an estimated $1.65 billion in revenues, according to a new report, Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Firms: 2002, released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

UA Women’s Studies Department Sponsors Brown Bag Event

As part of the spring 2006 Brown Bag Lecture series in The University of Alabama department of women’s studies, two second-year master’s degree candidates will give presentations on their thesis research Wednesday, April 19 at 12:30 p.m. in 108 Manly Hall.

UA College of Engineering Receives Gift from Leading Software Company

ESI North America, a company that specializes in engineering software, recently donated its leading casting simulation software, ProCAST, to The University of Alabama College of Engineering. ESI is donating teaching and research licenses with a commercial value of $1.6 million to the University.

‘Painting in Time’: UA Visiting Professor Puts Art in Motion

Janeann Dill, a visiting faculty member in The University of Alabama New College, describes animation as “painting in time.” Animation, she explained, is the art of a single frame that will move in sequence in time.

UA Poster and Oral Competition Judges Announce Winners

Seventeen students in the College of Arts and Sciences received prizes for their research and creativity in the third annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Oral or Poster Presentation Competition on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Speaker to Give Update on War Against Terrorism

Students at The University of Alabama will gain insight into how the United States is doing in the fight against terrorism from UA graduate and terrorism expert Dr. David M. Zimov who will give several talks on campus.

Students Take a Look at UA Through the 100 Lenses Project

The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center will host a reception on Tuesday, April 18 from 3-4:30 p.m. to showcase a photographic mural created by UA students in the 100 Lenses Project . The event will be at the Crossroads Center in 232 Ferguson Center.

UA Capstone Engineering Society to Sponsor Golf Tournament

The Greater Birmingham Chapter of the Capstone Engineering Society of The University of Alabama College of Engineering will hold the sixth annual CES Golf Tournament Thursday, May 4, at the Bent Brook Golf Course in Bessemer with registration beginning at 11 a.m.