UA in the News: February 28, 2013

Members of Congress to visit UA – UA design students earn second place in Design for Disaster Relief competition – Partnership between UA and United Methodist Children’s Home to assist students who were foster children – UA experts comment on technology in the classroom, rural health care and gun laws – Events – and more…

Smithsonian Conservationist to Give ‘Strange Bedfellows?’ Talk at UA

A research scientist with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute will discuss biodiversity studies done in collaboration with oil and gas companies in an upcoming talk at The University of Alabama.

UA Entrepreneurs Compete in Business Competition

Three entrepreneurially-minded teams with University of Alabama members are among the 12 participating in a statewide business competition.

Abortion’s Sensitivity in Modern Culture Topic of UA Lecture

Prominent philosopher Dr. William G. Lycan will discuss “Why the Abortion Issue is So Difficult,” as part of the 2012-2013 Philosophy Today Lecture Series.

UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013

The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.

UA’s Sonic Frontiers Presents Concert by Composer-Performers

The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series will present a free concert by composer-performers Holland Hopson and Justin Peake at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Bama Theatre’s Greensboro Room, 600 Greensboro Ave. in Tuscaloosa.

UA’s Creative Campus Offers Creative Career Fair

The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus and the Career Center will host its first Creative Career Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Ferguson Center’s Heritage Room. The career fair aims to provide students with resources for pursuing successful creative vocations.

UA Engineering Students to Compete in Concrete Canoe Event

A team of University of Alabama engineering students will return to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Southeast Conference Concrete Canoe Competition in Miami March 14-16.

UA in the News: February 27, 2013

UA students help stop bullying in schools – UA hosts conference on rural health – PR student wins national honor – UA’s mock trial team takes second place in competition – UA biologists study algae parasite’s impact on biofuel production – UA to host National Wheelchair Basketball Championship – African-American History Month film series concludes – Events – and more…

Lecture Series Features UA Alumnus and Founder of Troon

The University of Alabama’s restaurant, hospitality and meetings management program will host Dana Garmany, chairman and chief executive officer of Troon, as part of the Shila Bowron Leadership Lecture Series March 13.