UA in the News: April 17, 2008

UA students hold memorial for VT victims – UA professor receives French honor – and more…

UA’s Everywoman Book Club to Feature Guest Poet

The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, April 24, at noon in The Globe Restaurant with special guest Theresa Pappas, a poet who will read a selection of her work.

UA’s Alabama Center for Real Estate Announces the ACRE Professional Development Series

A new initiative has been created by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama. The ACRE Professional Development Series will bring experts in the field of real estate to cities throughout the state of Alabama.

Digital Art Show to Feature Work of UA Students

One Night Only Gallery, located in Tuscaloosa at 2119 University Blvd., will host “Digital Art Show: A Showcase of Contemporary Electronic Art” by University of Alabama students on Thursday, April 24, at 5 p.m.

President’s Mansion Endowment Honors UA First Lady

The University of Alabama President’s Cabinet has established an endowment honoring the University’s first lady Sandee Kirby Witt. The endowment will support ongoing maintenance, enhancement and beautification of the President’s Mansion.

Clothing Collection of Alabama Businesswoman June Collier to Premiere April 19 at UA

The clothing collection of the late June Collier of Montgomery, one of the first female business leaders in the automotive industry, will be showcased in a new exhibit at The University of Alabama.

UA in the News: April 16, 2008

Paperless student tickets sell out in two hours – UA school of nursing forms partnership – SGA sponsors sportsmanship campaign – UA events and more…

UA Theatre Boldly Goes ‘Into the Woods’ With Last Musical of the Season

What happens after “happily ever after”? Find out when Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods” reaches The University of Alabama’s Marian Gallaway stage Tuesday, April 22—Sunday, April 27. The show wraps up UA’s department of theatre and dance’s 2007-2008 season.

Undergrads Show Off Creativity at New UA Competition

Almost 200 undergraduates will showcase their research and creative activity projects at The University of Alabama’s inaugural “Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference,” April 21 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Ferguson Center on UA’s campus.

Knowing More About Knowledge Concludes UA ‘Philosophy Today’ Lecture Series April 29

Dr. Ernest Sosa, one of the leading contemporary experts in epistemology (the study of knowledge), will discuss his research in epistemology and his leadership in the revitalization of virtue epistemology in his lecture “Epistemology Unified” April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in 38 Lloyd Hall on The University of Alabama campus.