UA Students Visit Mattel World Headquarters in California
University of Alabama graduate students and staff visited the world headquarters of Mattel Inc. while in Los Angeles for the 2009 National Association of Women MBAs conference.
Military History Professor to Lecture at UA About Technology at the End of the Middle Ages
Dr. John F. Guilmartin Jr., professor of military history at The Ohio State University, will present the fourth annual Friends of History Lecture, “Gunpowder, the Printing Press and the Death of the Middle Ages” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at 205 Gorgas Library at The University of Alabama.
UA Freshman Engineering Students Present Collaborative ‘Light as Material’ Projects
Freshman engineering students have been hard at work designing working lights to enhance a few areas on The University of Alabama campus. They will present their projects Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in 240 H.M. Comer Hall.
Experimental Jazz Performance with Top Musicians to Expand UA’s Musical Horizons
“A Night of Experimental Jazz,” an opportunity to experience freestyle jazz and view ways that music can directly correspond with visual art and design, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in 1093 Shelby Hall at The University of Alabama.
UA’s Rural Health Institute Recognized for Work with Children’s Health Initiative
The University of Alabama Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science was recognized for its work with the Governor’s KidCheck Health Initiative during an earlier ceremony at the State Capitol. The ceremony was hosted by Gov. Bob Riley and the Alabama Power Co.
UA in the News: November 7-9, 2009
UA ROTC instructor at Fort Hood during shooting – UA professor thinks fear, not religion, drove gunman – University Boulevard to get a facelift – Details on SEC Championship tickets released – Panel members offer personal perspectives of Berlin Wall’s fall – Theatre Department performs Steve Martin comedy
UA in the News: November 6, 2009
Officers praise new computer programs developed by UA – Student filmmakers host screening – Hot air balloon rides help raise money for scholarships – Berlin Wall retrospective – UA events – and more…
Student Group at UA Recruits Tutors to Fight Illiteracy in Alabama
Literacy is the Edge, a student advocacy group at The University of Alabama, is looking for volunteers to tutor children and adults from West Alabama in reading.
UA Project Preps Older People for the Digital World
Trying to stay in touch with family members but being out-of-touch with technology can be frustrating for older people. Now, thanks to a University of Alabama community project called FIT 4 Retirement that is not the case for a group of older people in Tuscaloosa.
Improvised, Multimedia Performance to Inspire Creativity in UA Community
“Beginning, Being Again,” a multimeda, improvisational performance featuring a collective of artists drawn from The University of Alabama and the central Alabama artistic community, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the Allen Bales Theatre on the UA campus.