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.

UA in the News: February 29, 2012

Railsback named executive director of UA Career Center – Male nursing group works to break stereotypes – UA program geared toward future rural doctors – UA interim dean focuses on quality health care in rural areas – Events – and more…

UA Computer Science Students Win Regional Programming Contest

A team of three University of Alabama students won a regional computer programming contest, beating out 21 other teams from six universities in writing software programs to solve problems.

Supply Store to Present UA Graduation Celebration

The University of Alabama Supply Store will hold a Graduation Celebration on Wednesday and Thursday, March 7-8, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza (rain location Ferguson Center, first floor lobby).

UA Plans Additional Commencement Ceremony to Accommodate May Graduates

The University of Alabama will add a Friday night ceremony to commencement exercises this May to better accommodate more than 3,700 graduates and their families.

UA in the News: February 28, 2012

UA advertising students win 14 ADDY awards – UA holds Entrepreneurship Week – New Crimson White editor named – ROTC cadets prepare for assessment – UA profs comment on community colleges, possibility of a ‘brokered convention’ – ‘An Italian Straw Hat’ opens tonight – and more…

UA’s University Libraries Mark 1 Millionth User Since August 2011

University Libraries at The University of Alabama will select its 1 millionth student visitor in a ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 1, in Gorgas Library at the first-floor entrance.