UA Student News for Jan. 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 Extended deadline for essay submissions to Mental Health Monologues, Jan. 27 Last Lecture award nominations, Feb. 10 Community Service Center staff applications, Feb. 17 by 5 p.m. Application for Undergraduate Research and Creative

UA in the News: January 24, 2012

UA couple to tell story of raising son with autism – College of Education dean creates environment of innovation, collaboration – UA professor is documentary filmmaker – UA experts comment on choosing a seat in a classroom, “sleep texting,” and job searches – ODS assists students with disabilities – and more…

UA Symposium: Using Analytics in Preventing Biological Terrorist Attacks

A terrorist attack using infectious diseases is considered inevitable by some. The use of analytics to circumvent the intended outcome of such an event by alerting health officials in its earliest possible stages is one of many topics to be presented at the second major analytics symposium scheduled for Feb. 2 and 3 at the Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s Glaze Elected President of IREM’s Alabama Chapter

Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama, recently was elected as the 2012 President of the Alabama Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management.

UA Undergrad Accountancy Program Ranked No. 20

The undergraduate program at the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama is No. 20 in Public Accounting Report’s latest annual professors’ survey. The UA graduate program in accounting was ranked 24.

UA in the News: January 21-23, 2012

Tide celebrates 14th national championship with fans – UA students do service projects to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. – First-Year Experience accepting applications for peer program – UA experts comment on seatbelt effectiveness, unemployment rate – ACRE conference planned – Events – and more…

Student Affairs Expo Showcases Campus Activities at UA

The University of Alabama Student Affairs Expo on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Ferguson Center, second floor, will feature information about how students can get involved on campus by participating in events, volunteering, getting a campus job and more.

UA ALLELE Lecture Series Explores Teaching Evolution in American Classrooms

Teaching evolution in American classrooms will be examined in the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, known as ALLELE, lecture series Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Real Estate Center’s Conference Focuses on ‘Shift Age,’ Global Business

The new mindset of interconnected global thinking is considered by some as the “new normal” and is the focus for this year’s Alabama Center for Real Estate conference to be held Friday, Jan. 27, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.

UA Event ‘Something about Sam’ Focuses on Using Humor with Autism

Rick Dowling, faculty-in-residence, and his wife will share their experience of using humor while raising a son with autism in “Something About Sam, Autism Told Through the World of Sitcoms,” Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.