Reporter to Discuss Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Book at UA

Douglas Blackmon, former bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, will visit The University of Alabama Feb. 23 to speak about his Pulitzer Prize winning book, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.”

UA’s Gorgas Library Offers Exhibit of Miniature Books

Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus will play host to the Miniature Book Society’s national traveling exhibit from Wednesday, Feb. 15, to Sunday, April 15.

UA Honors College Partners with Holt High School for Photo Project

An exhibit of photographs produced by Holt High School students in partnership with The University of Alabama Honors College is on display in Nott Hall Gallery.

Cullen Murphy to Speak at UA on Latest Book about the Inquisition

Cullen Murphy, editor at large for Vanity Fair, will give a lecture about his latest book, “God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World,” at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Offers Range of Programs

Entrepreneurship Week 2012 in Alabama will be observed Feb. 20-24, and the entrepreneurial forces at The University of Alabama have put together a comprehensive program.

UA Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Alabama-Cuba Initiative with Research Trip

Some 35 University of Alabama faculty researchers are traveling to Cuba Feb. 5-11 for a series of academic meetings with their Cuban counterparts.

Students to Compete for Miss UA Crown

A new Miss University of Alabama will be selected Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA Sakura Festival Remembers Tornado, Earthquake with 2012 Theme of Reliance

The University of Alabama Capstone International Center will celebrate the 26th annual Sakura Festival in recognition of the Tuscaloosa tornado and the Japan earthquake with the theme of shinrai, or reliance.

UA Student News for Feb. 7, 2012

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. DEADLINES TO REMEMBER SGA ELECTION Submission of SGA election Statement of Candidacy and Statement of Intent forms from candidates who want to participate in the speaking-engagement period, today, 5 p.m. Submission of letters of interest from

Life Beneath the Seafloor Explored by UA Guest Lecturer

A professor of oceanography who studies life on and below the ocean’s floor will give a public talk at The University of Alabama beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Shelby Hall, room 1004.