Volunteer Expo Lets UA Students Explore Ways to Help the Community

The University of Alabama Community Service Center is hosting the 2012 Volunteer Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 5.

UA Women Engineers Inspiring Next Generation

Hoping to inspire girls to consider engineering, The University of Alabama section of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, will host close to 200 middle-school girls in a day-long event of activities.

University Medical Center’s Diabetes Education Program at UA Recognized

The University Medical Center’s Diabetes Self-Management Education Program, part of The University of Alabama, has earned national recognition from the American Diabetes Association for providing high-quality education services to patients. The program recently received the Education Recognition Award.

UA Social Work Student Wins National Essay Contest

Sean Hudson, a senior social work major at The University of Alabama, recently won the Influencing State Policy national essay award for his advocacy of the proposed Alabama state bill “Fostering Success Act.”

UA Center’s Report Shows Gaps in Workforce Development Capacity at Nation’s Community Colleges

“Workforce Training in a Recovering Economy,” released by the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama, details the perceptions of state officials across the nation who are responsible for coordination and supervision of community colleges.

Legendary Biologist, Pulitzer Winner E.O. Wilson to Visit UA as Scholar-in-Residence

Dr. E.O. Wilson, a University of Alabama alumnus and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is widely considered one of the world’s most influential scientists, will visit UA as a scholar-in-residence with the College of Arts and Sciences Sept. 11-12.

UA Student News for Aug. 28, 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 Application for Al’s Pals, Sept. 4 Application for Project Health ambassadors, Sept. 7, 5 p.m. TODAY Alpha Kappa Psi information session, 6:30 p.m., 210 Bidgood Hall THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER Week of

Webcomic Highlighting UA Astronomy to be Unveiled in Atlanta

Citizen scientists enthralled by photographs of unusual galaxies posted online triggered a University of Alabama professor to use NASA’s famed Hubble Space Telescope to further analyze the space oddities.

Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment

Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment

A Tuscaloosa-based surgeon’s theory related to chronic pain is likely headed for a clinical trial early next year, and it’s drawing support from a University of Alabama researcher who studies how viruses replicate.

UA Student News for Aug. 21, 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. TODAY Convocation for new students, 6 p.m., Foster Auditorium THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER Week of Welcome, Aug. 21-30 Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market, Aug. 23, 3-6 p.m., Canterbury Episcopal Chapel’s lawn at corner of Hackberry Lane