UA President Witt sees enrollment growth on horizon — Paul R. Jones, UA art donor, dies at 81 in Atlanta – UA School of Law adds class in electronic evidence – UA faculty provide expert commentary on male bonding, Alabama tourism — Student and faculty honors
Dr. Samit Roy, the William D. Jordan Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, was recently elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The University of Alabama is hosting the first conference to look at the lives of Latinas and Latinos in the southern United States. “Latinas/os in the U.S. South: Immigration, Integration and Identity” will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at the Hotel Capstone on the UA campus.
UA Early College seeks out high school students – UA’s transportation center received federal grant to study traffic issues – UA physician’s research helping to set treatment guidelines for ADHD in young adults – UA faculty provide expert commentary on urban sprawl, nursing faculty shortage, recent Toyota recall – UA events – and more…
The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the lecture “The Crisis in Criticism: The Internet, the Economy and the Death of Dance Writing” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Morgan Auditorium.
University of Alabama civil engineering students will “pour” the concrete for the concrete canoe Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 1 p.m. behind H.M. Comer Hall.
Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to attend The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 15 at the Bryant Conference Center. To participate, undergraduate students must register their project by submitting an application form and abstract describing their project by March 8.
Noted art collector Paul R. Jones, a native of Bessemer, Ala., who built one of the largest collections of 20th Century African-American art — now the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama — died Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in Atlanta after a brief illness. He was 81.
Students at The University of Alabama will help kick off the statewide literary campaign “The Big Read: Alabama Reads ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ by Mark Twain” with an event featuring Gov. Bob Riley reading from the book on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. on the Statehouse steps in Montgomery.
UA President Robert Witt named to Economic Development Partnership of Alabama board – UA groups continue efforts to help Haiti – Gorgas Library continues with renovations – UA events – and more…