UA in the News: October 7, 2010

UA grad school enrollment rises – Doctoral programs rank high in survey – Speech team hopes to advance in competition – Native American Festival under way at Moundville – Photography exhibit offers rare look at Cuba – Prothro to be 2010 grand marshal at UA homecoming parade – Students learn, grow together in living learning communities – Driving simulation eye-opening for students – and more…

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive Kicks Off at UA

The annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive will kick off at The University of Alabama on Monday, Oct. 11, at the Ferguson Center Plaza from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

UA in the News: October 6, 2010

UA president predicts raises for faculty and staff – UA education professor comments on funding for community colleges – Annual Moundville Native American Festival set for this weekend – Homecoming queen campaigns begin – and more….

Paul R. Jones Lecture Series Continues at UA with Artist Wadsworth Jarrell

Artist Wadsworth Jarrell will give a lecture Thursday, Oct. 14 at 5:15 p.m. in room 30 of ten Hoor Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s C&IS to Host 15th Annual Communication Career Fair

The 15th annual Communication Career Fair, one of the longest-running campus job fairs for the communication industry, is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ballroom of the Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus.

NSF Awards Grant to UA Art Professors to Explore Emergent Learning

A trio of University of Alabama art professors have secured a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to find new ways to create a “system” that will foster creativity among a large group of students participating in an online class.

UA Student News for Oct. 5, 2010

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Oct. 6 Student Health and Wellness Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., University Union Plaza and SUPe Store lobby Brown Bag Lecture featuring Dr. Rachel Raimist, noon-1 p.m., 308 Manly Hall Oct. 7 Bama Sideline Apparel Sale,

UA in the News: October 5, 2010

UA professor leads federal earthquake research project – UA to offer stadium tours – Texting-while-driving simulator on campus – UA faculty offer expert commentary on Alabama bingo probe indictments, banking industry, American economic stress

UA Honors Teaching Award Winners

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2010 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

Symposium at UA Looks at Black Women as Public Intellectuals

The University of Alabama’s department of gender and race studies will host its second “Recovering Black Women’s Voices and Lives” symposium Thursday, Oct. 7.