UA Advertising, PR Department Commended in State House of Representatives

The University of Alabama’s advertising and public relations department recently was commended in the Alabama House of Representatives for its repeat performance as a finalist in the PR Week PR Education Program of the Year contest.

UA in the News: March 23, 2012

Druid City Arts Festival showcases musicians – National championship trophy goes on display at Bryant Museum – UA engineering students build concrete canoe – UA professors study insider trading loophole, BigFoot sightings – UA experts comment on video game violence, joyful parenting

Sleep Out on the Quad to be Sponsored by UA Community Service Center

The University of Alabama Community Service Center will host its annual Sleep Out on the Quad Wednesday, March 28, to promote awareness of homelessness issues.

UA Panhellenic to Host Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 1, from 2-3:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.

UA ALLELE Lecture to Examine Emergence of Life in Global Warming Periods

A vertebrate paleobiologist specializing in fossils from the age of dinosaurs, will visit The University of Alabama campus to give the lecture, “Emergence of Marine Mammals and Reptiles during past Global Warming and Sea Level Rise,” Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building.

UA Social Work Instructor to Hold Workshop in Tuskegee

In observance of Social Work Month, University of Alabama instructor Joanne Terrell will conduct a six-hour workshop focusing on values and ethical principles for social workers. The workshop will be held March 23 in Building 90 at the Veteran’s Assistance Medical Center in Tuskegee.

UA in the News: March 22, 2012

UA recognized for community service efforts – UA engineering students build concrete canoe – Druid City Arts Festival projects promote artists – Book documents Old Havana in photographs – Text-a-thon to raise funds for Secret Meals – Barrett and Harrison Jones spend spring break helping others – Social Work dean featured – and more…

Alabama’s First Lady to Attend UA-Hosted Candle-Signing Monday

Alabama’s First Lady, Diane Bentley, will be at The University of Alabama’s University Club Monday to help kick off a project that promises to provide additional relief for victims of the April tornado while also boosting a Black Belt entrepreneur.

Psychology Professor to Discuss Sociopolitical Context of Research in UA’s Dinoff Lecture

Dr. Elizabeth A. Klonoff, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and co-director of clinical training at San Diego State/University of California, San Diego, will be the speaker for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture at The University of Alabama.

New York Times, ProPublica Reporters Headline UA Journalism Day Panel

Two national experts in data-driven journalism will discuss computer-aided journalism Thursday, March 29, at The University of Alabama.