Ty Warren, a University of Alabama graduate from Enterprise who now runs a successful consulting and training firm, has brought acclaim to his alma mater by being named National Speaker of the Year by Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha National Forensics (debate) Honor Society, its highest award.
The stars of the “Jaws” films–sharks–have recently become the subject of a University of Alabama engineering research project. Conducted by Dr. Amy Lang, assistant professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics, the project explores energy conservation and boundary layer control in regard to a shark’s surface.
As the number of diagnoses increase, autism continues to be a major concern for Alabama lawmakers and faculty at The University of Alabama. A legislative tour of UA’s Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Clinic and Speech and Hearing Center’s preschool classroom is planned for Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the UA Women’s Resource Center, will meet to discuss “The Painted Drum” by Louise Erdrich on Thursday, Nov. 29 at noon at the Globe Restaurant.
Dr. Tricia McElroy, assistant professor of English at The University of Alabama, will discuss her work “The Popular Campaign Against Mary Queen of Scots” on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Manly Hall.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and Women Involved in Learning and Leading are sponsoring a staged reading of the play “Nickel and Dimed” based on the acclaimed novel by Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting by in America,” on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the Ferguson Center Theater at 6 p.m.
Students with a passion for books were recently named winners of The University of Alabama Libraries’ second annual Book Collecting Contest.
Going down any red carpet these days, a celebrity is always asked, “Who are you wearing,” referring to the clothes’ designer.
Experts from The University of Alabama’s CARE Research & Development Laboratory (CRDL) will be among the speakers at the ninth annual Criminal Justice Technology Symposium at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Dec. 3-5. The conference will focus on the latest technological innovations in law enforcement and criminal justice.
A leader in identifying risk factors for autism will give a talk at The University of Alabama Thursday, Nov. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Biology Building, room 202.