UA Partners with Tuskegee in Developing Nanoscience Curriculum for Black Belt Middle-Schoolers

Faculty and staff from The University of Alabama will test nanoscience modules with middle-school teachers from the Black Belt Friday at the McWane Center in Birmingham.

Montgomery First Stop for Coretta Scott King Biography Tour, Release of UA Press’ Book Nears

Bernice A. King will tour the state to promote a biography on her mother, Coretta Scott King. The tour’s first stop is April 28 at Alabama State University in Montgomery.

UA Student News for April 24, 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 Proposal submissions for the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, April 30 THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER ”Homegrown Alabama Remembers” farmers market, April 26, 3-6 p.m., Canturbury Episcopal Chapel lawn Tornado-research symposium, April 27, 1

Hand-made Baby Quilts to be Presented to Baby TALK Families

Thirteen expectant families who have been working with Baby TALK, a University of Alabama-based community engagement program building parent-infant relationships, will be presented with a handmade quilt Wednesday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at Maude L. Whatley Health Center, 2731 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Tuscaloosa.

Ghanaian Saxophonist to Perform in UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series

Ghanaian saxophonist and visual artist Nii Noi Nortey will perform using instruments of his own design in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in The University of Alabama’s Ferguson Center Theater.

Philosopher to Lecture at UA on Social Belief, Democracy

Dr. Alvin Goldman, a board of governors professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the final spring semester lecture in The University of Alabama’s Philosophy Today Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in 205 Smith Hall on the UA campus.

Purple Martins Get Prime Living Quarters on UA Campus

A University of Alabama geographer and ornithologist is leading an effort to build houses on campus for the purple martin, a popular migratory bird.

IceCube Neutrino Observatory Explores Origin of Cosmic Rays; UA Scientists on Research Team

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive detector in Antarctica, is honing in on how the highest energy cosmic rays are produced.

Statement on April 19 Incident Near Campus

The security and well-being of our students and employees is one of our highest priorities. In emergency situations, UA will provide accurate, timely information to key stakeholders so they can make the most informed decisions possible regarding their personal safety and well-being. Early this morning, University police received reports of shots fired in close proximity to the campus.

UA Hosts Tornado Research Symposium on Anniversary of April 27 Storms

The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a tornado research symposium Friday, April 27 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tornado outbreak that struck Tuscaloosa and the region.