UA in the News: March 7, 2013

Japanese nursing students visit UA – UA students to intern at Cannes Film Festival – Engineering students build concrete canoe – UA teams advance in start-up competition – United Methodist Children’s Home helps send foster children to UA – UA/UAB sponsor art history symposium – Art Night features UA’s 3-D printer – and more…

UA Researchers Receive Grant for Community-Based Research

Researchers from The University of Alabama were awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and support collaborative research between academic researchers and residents of Alabama communities disproportionately impacted by poor health.

UA’s Creative Campus to Host Artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph will be in-residence at The University of Alabama March 11-12, Creative Campus announced.

UA in the News: March 6, 2013

UA College of Engineering opens 3-D printing lab – UA engineering students build concrete canoe – UA to honor one of first black faculty members – Two UA-based start-ups reach Alabama’s Launchpad finals – UA hosts world premiere of ‘Hermitage Cats’ musical – UA’s wheelchair basketball teams head to finals – UA researchers’ study looks at coping skills during hospital stays – Events – and more…

UA Students Selected for Cannes Film Festival Internships

Four University of Alabama students have been selected for internships in the American Pavilion Student Program at the Cannes Film Festival.

UA’s C&IS to Host Diversity Forum

An upcoming campus event features a screening of the film “CRISIS: Behind a Presidential Decision,” that details the call to send federal troops to The University of Alabama on the occasion of George Wallace’s Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.

UA Education to Host Gifted Education Expert for Curtis Lecture

Dr. Joy Davis, director of the Center for Gifted Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will be the Curtis Distinguished Lecturer for the 22nd James P. Curtis Lecture — in conjunction with The University of Alabama’s “Through the Doors” activities — at 6 p.m., March 12 in the Woodis-McDonald Auditorium in Graves Hall.

Destination UA: Algae Specimens Worldwide Are Tuscaloosa Bound

A University of Alabama researcher is the principal investigator in a large National Science Foundation project designed to discover and describe various types of green algae.

UA in the News: March 5, 2013

UA to honor one of first black faculty members – Engineering students test concrete canoe – Homer Hickam named Cason Award recipient – UA football team’s trip to White House postponed – UA grad competes on ‘Fashion Star’ – Two UA teams advance in Alabama Launchpad Competition – History prof lectures on shorthand – and more…

UA Panhellenic Association to Host Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association invites the Tuscaloosa community to participate in its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.