UA Matters: Adventures in Alabama Gardening

With the warmer days of late winter upon us and the early flowers in bloom, it’s time to plan for the gardening season in Alabama. Tips from UA Matters can help with your planting.

UA Student News: February 17, 2009

DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 17 Mardi Gras Ball, The Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium, 8 p.m. Feb. 18 Academic Advising Roundtable, 205 Gorgas Library, 10 a.m. College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors applications due Feb. 22 African-American History Tours, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 23 ‘Race, Politics and the Media in

UA in the News: February 17, 2009

Morgan, Sharpe reach out to students

UA Libraries Announces Third Annual Student Book Collecting Contest

The University of Alabama Libraries is sponsoring a Book Collecting Contest for UA students this semester. The contest aims to promote reading and interest in book collecting.

Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art Exhibit Opens at UA, Stillman College

One of the world’s largest collections of 20th-century African-American Art, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, will be on display at The University of Alabama and Stillman College in March. It will be the first UA exhibition of the collection since Jones donated it to the University in October 2008.

UA in the News: February 14-16, 2009

Feature on UA dance program — Moundville park could lead way for tourism boost — UA Teams Up With City of Tuscaloosa to Help Produce Methane – UA’s Stephen Black discusses preparing students to serve as ethical citizens – UA events and honors

Street Named New Trustee for Alabama Real Estate Center at UA; Five Other Trustee Appointments Renewed

John “Chip” Street Jr., a second-generation builder/developer originally from Calhoun County, has been named to the regular board of trustees of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama. Street is owner of Street Residential Construction Inc.

Community Outreach to be Featured at UA Hip-Hop Summit

The University of Alabama Ferguson Center Student Union will host the fourth annual Hip-Hop Summit with the theme “Expressing the Nation” Feb. 16-18 on campus.

UA in the News: February 13, 2009

SGA elections to be online – UA’s PR program in top 5 in the country – the 2009 Hunger and Homelessness Week schedule

Projects for Hunger and Homelessness Week at UA to Benefit West Alabama

The University of Alabama Community Service Center’s Hunger and Homelessness Week will be held Feb. 16-20 and is designed to raise the public’s awareness of poverty in our state and around the world.