UA in the News: February 18, 2010
Power of Pink gets the spotlight – Event focuses on Latinos in South – UA mechanical engineering professor invents way to start car using gasoline vapors – UA events – and more…
UA Students Take Part in African-American History Performance Event at Ensley School
Students from The University of Alabama University Union will present “Making History Every Day,” a performance event, at Charles A. Brown Elementary School in Ensley on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at noon.
UA Cason Award to Honor Columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a novelist and nationally syndicated columnist, will receive the 2010 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Tuesday, March 9 at a dinner in her honor at the Hotel Capstone.
UA Philosophy Today Lecture Series Discusses ‘Charles Darwin, Hammer of the Creationists’
“Charles Darwin, Hammer of the Creationists” will be the topic of a talk by Dr. Keith M. Parsons, a professor of philosophy at the University of
Houston-Clear Lake, on March 4 at The University of Alabama at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall.
UA Supply Store Hosts Graduation Celebration
The University Supply Store will hold a Graduation Celebration on Wednesday and Thursday, March 24-25, at the Ferguson Center Plaza from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. The event is a one-stop shopping and preparation venue for May graduates.
UA in the News: February 17, 2010
Neil Gaiman reading sells out quickly – Study abroad, international internships available – Panel discusses ways to strengthen black community
UA’s Sarah Moody Gallery Presents Prints by Jasper Johns
The University of Alabama’s Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents a selection of prints by Jasper Johns for its annual Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Exhibition. An opening reception for the show will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.
UA Student News for Feb. 16, 2010
DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 17 Hunger banquet, Ferguson Student Center East Dining Room, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18 Brown-bag lunch addressing HOPE Initiative, 360 Ferguson Student Center, 12:30 p.m. ‘Grate’ American Sleep Out, northeast section of the Quad across from Lloyd Hall, 8 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Tennessee, Coleman Coliseum, 8 p.m. Feb. 19 Women’s gymnastics
Kappa Delta’s Shamrock Run Supports Prevention of Child Abuse
The Zeta chapter of Kappa Delta sorority at The University of Alabama is sponsoring the 5K Shamrock Run to benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa and Prevent Child Abuse of America on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. at the Kappa Delta house.
UA in the News: February 16, 2010
UA prof develops way to reduce emissions from internal combustion engines – President’s and Dean’s lists announced