John Legend to Lecture at UA
The University of Alabama welcomes multiple Grammy winner John Legend to present a lecture Jan. 19 at Moody Music Hall as part of the 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Concert.
UA Scholastic Media Director Wins National Award
The University of Alabama’s Meredith Cummings will be recognized as an outstanding scholastic press association official by the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association.
UA Start-Up Company Wins NSF Small Business Innovation Grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a University of Alabama start-up company a $150,000 grant to further develop a new catalyst for the petrochemical industry.
UA Student News for Dec. 17, 2013
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 Sitters for Service application, Jan. 16 TODAY University Supply Store sale THIS WEEK University Supply Store sale, Dec. 18-20 ATHLETICS Men’s basketball vs. Wichita State, Dec. 17, 8 p.m., Coleman Coliseum UA diving invitational, Dec.
Health Corner: Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
Dr. Lloyda Williamson, associate professor in the College of Community Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, gives an easy way for you to set healthy New Year’s resolutions and stick with them throughout the year.
UA, Auburn Collaborate on ‘House United’ Habitat Project
Ten University of Alabama students and faculty are joining with counterparts at Auburn University for the third “House United” project sponsored by the Alabama Association of Habitat for Humanity Affiliates, the Lee County Habitat for Humanity and Geordan Communities.
UA Preview
This week at The University of Alabama: Educated Guesses 2014 offers predictions for the new year – UA chemist leads supercomputer effort to aid nuclear understanding – UA/AU students build Habitat house – Study looks as dangers of holiday driving – Engineering research on renewable energy systems leads to patent – UA experts comment on Santa’s ethnicity, holiday shopping, creating holiday traditions, healthy weight loss and snoring
Educated Guesses 2014
For the 33rd consecutive year, The University of Alabama’s Office of Media Relations offers predictions from faculty experts for the coming year.
UA Matters: How to Lose Weight in a Healthy Way
Losing weight tends to be a popular New Year’s resolution or goal. But there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to go about achieving that goal. The University of Alabama’s Sheena Quizon Gregg shares a few tips on how shake loose those extra pounds in a healthy way. Avoid Skipping Meals. Avoid
Shaping Safer Scans
A patented technique relying on shape manipulation of nanoparticles offers potential for safer MRIs.