UA Student News for March 19, 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 TO REMEMBER Registration and submission of project abstracts for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference, March 22 Applications for University Stewards, March 22, 4:45 p.m., 203 Student Services Center Applications for Big Al tryouts, April

UA Students Win SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Students from The University of Alabama were named winners in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2013 regional Mark of Excellence contest.

UA in the News: March 16-18, 2013

UA wheelchair basketball player returns for fifth year to win national championship – UA students’ dance marathon benefits children’s hospital – Town hall addresses education – Crimson Culture event showcases artistic diversity – UA experts comment on symphony’s default on bonds, AEA’s power, taxing financial transactions – Events – and more…

UA Engineering Students Preparing for Robotics Competition

A team of eight University of Alabama engineering students will compete in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon hardware competition April 4-7 in Jacksonville, Fla.

UA Research Seeks to Reduce Literacy Barriers in Treating, Managing Pain

The University of Alabama has been approved for a $1.27 million research award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study different psychosocial treatments for the management of chronic pain.

UA Professor Merges Mexican, Alabaman Symbols on Quest for Distinctive Paper

A piece of handmade and hand-cut paper, made from the bark of a Tuscaloosa paper mulberry tree, unites through art the symbolic protector of a remote Mexican village with Big Al, thanks to an intrepid University of Alabama professor’s creative research.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: UA, VA partner to meet needs of rural veterans – Psychology department receives $1.27 million grant for pain research – UA researchers awarded NIH grant – Honors Week activities planned April 1-9 – Engineering students prepare for robotics competition – All-City Orchestra debuts on campus – Southern Living editor to speak – ESPN anchor to headline sports communication research symposium

UA in the News: March 15, 2013

UA graduate programs ranked among best – Sky viewing to focus on Pan-STARRS comet – Reporter, author speaks about Civil Rights Movement – ‘Migration’ exhibit on display at Paul R. Jones Gallery – UA Program in Sports Communication hosts first symposium – UA law prof comments on taxing financial transactions – and more…

2013 Honors Week Events at UA Highlight Scholarship, Leadership

The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week activities on campus from Monday, April 1, to Tuesday, April 9. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad (rain location will be Moody Music Building Concert Hall).

UA’s Honors College Selects University Fellows for Freshman Class

The University Fellows Experience, housed in the Honors College at The University of Alabama, has selected 37 prospective freshmen members.