Correspondent T.R. Reid to Speak at UA on Health Care

Nationally recognized correspondent and documentary filmmaker T.R. Reid will visit The University of Alabama Feb. 27 to speak on the topic of disparities in health care.

UA School of Social Work Celebrates Women’s History, Social Work Months

In celebration of Women’s History and Social Work Months, The University of Alabama School of Social Work will present a colloquium on Monday, March 5, at noon in 104 Little Hall.

UA in the News: February 14, 2012

Creative writing professor publishes prose poems about missed connections – UA students highlight choreography in Dance Alabama! – Business and engineering colleges create IdeaLAB – Accounting program ranked – Gorgas Library to host miniature book exhibit – UA opera program performs with Tuscaloosa Symphony – Events – and more…

Al’s Pals at UA to Host Mardi Gras Parade for Area Youth

The Al’s Pals mentoring program at The University of Alabama is hosting a Mardi Gras parade at McKenzie Court Community Center in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 3:30 p.m.

UA Student News for Feb. 14, 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 Statement of Candidacy and Statement of Intent forms for SGA election, Feb. 17, 5 p.m. Corolla submissions, Feb. 17 Community Service Center staff applications, Feb. 17, 5 p.m. Spring 2 registration, Feb. 17

South Alabama Dean of Medicine Headlines UA’s McCollough Forum

Dr. Samuel Joseph Strada, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama, will be the featured speaker for the 10th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 24-25 in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus.

Reporter to Discuss Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Book at UA

Douglas Blackmon, former bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, will visit The University of Alabama Feb. 23 to speak about his Pulitzer Prize winning book, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.”

UA in the News: February 11-13, 2012

UA students spruce up trails at Lake Lurleen – UA professor produces video about meteorologists and the April tornadoes – UA professor, Cuban counterpart present project in Havana – Journalism professor writes children’s book – UA donor Mignon Comer Smith remembered – UA custodian who died following tornado recalled – Expert commentary, events – and more…

UA’s Gorgas Library Offers Exhibit of Miniature Books

Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus will play host to the Miniature Book Society’s national traveling exhibit from Wednesday, Feb. 15, to Sunday, April 15.

UA Honors College Partners with Holt High School for Photo Project

An exhibit of photographs produced by Holt High School students in partnership with The University of Alabama Honors College is on display in Nott Hall Gallery.