Community Service Center to Host Hunger Banquet at UA

The University of Alabama Community Service Center is sponsoring a hunger banquet on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Heritage Room. The event will give diners a first-hand look at food inequality worldwide.

UA in the News: March 1, 2012

UA plans additional commencement ceremony to accommodate May graduates – UA professor finds possible link in children with autism – Premier Awards honor students, faculty – UA offers scholarships to National Merit finalists – Investment expert speaks to business students – Frye Gaillard to receive Clarence Cason Award – Creative Campus produces video promo for arts festival – and more…

Author Tells Titanic Family Survival Story at UA’s Gorgas Library

As the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic approaches, author Julie Hedgepeth Williams will speak about her great aunt and uncle’s survivor story at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.

When the Earth Shakes

When the Earth Shakes

Within The University of Alabama’s South Engineering Research Center, professors are leading international efforts aimed at improving building codes and retrofitting existing buildings to reduce earthquake risks.