Author’s reading sells out quickly
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 17
…Neil Gaiman…his appearances here Thursday, a large one for the public at the Bama Theatre, another for a group of graduate students at the University of Alabama…Despite being a university city, Tuscaloosa doesn’t often land visits by authors who can sell out the Bama Theatre — a little more than 1,000 seats — in minutes. Acclaimed poet and essayist Adrienne Rich filled the Bama a few years back, but before that, you have to count Kurt Vonnegut at the Ferguson Ballroom in 1994, and John Irving at Morgan Auditorium in the mid-’80s, to find that level of literary mass appeal. The appearance is free, but tickets were required. The first tier got snapped up in three minutes; the rest vanished shortly after. Gaiman is, after all, the writer Forbes magazine called “the best-selling author you’ve never heard of,” although clearly a thousand people here know the name.
Study abroad, intl. internships available
Crimson White – Feb. 17
…On Wednesday, Capstone International held a study aboard fair in the Ferguson center. Sixteen providers offered interested students information about semester and yearlong study abroad programs…UA has nearly 90 students studying and interning abroad, McMillian said. Capstone International offers daily information sessions Monday through Friday at12:00 p.m. in B.B. Comer. Walk-ins are accepted…The deadline for a five-week marine science research internship in the Caribbean, is approaching. Applications are due Feb. 26. One undergraduate and graduate student will be selected. Each will receive room and board, said Dr. Julie Olson, associate professor of biological sciences…
UA Offers Internships in Paradise
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 16
Internships and vacations don’t normally go together. But, the University of Alabama hopes to change that. The owners of a Caribbean resort are offering a pair of 5-week summer internships on the island of Roatan, just north of the Honduran mainland. The marine science research internships are intended to increase environmental awareness among divers.
UA panel discusses black community
Crimson White – Feb. 17
A number of students and faculty members brought forth ideas about ways to strengthen the black community at “Our Voice, Our Leadership, Our Mission: Reclaiming the Black Community.” The African-American Graduate Student Association hosted the program, which took place in the Carmichael Hall rotunda Tuesday night. Samory Pruitt, vice president for community affairs, said the panel was originally going to consist of people his own age, but he suggested that diversity become the end result…
Georgetown professor to discuss race
Crimson White – Feb. 17
Sheryll Cashin, a law professor at Georgetown University, will give two talks today in Ferguson Center Room 360. Cashin will speak from noon until 1 p.m. on her book, “The Agitator’s Daughter.” Later, Cashin will deliver a lecture titled “Post Racism in America” from 3 to 4 p.m. in the same location. The Women’s Resource Center and the Alabama Panhellenic Association are among several organizations sponsoring the event…