UA Student News for Oct. 18, 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. ANNOUNCEMENTS GAME-DAY WEEKEND Alabama vs. Arkansas — The Crimson Tide football team faces the Arkansas Razorbacks Saturday, Oct. 19, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN. Visit

UA Social Work Instructor to Speak at Alabama Perinatal Conference

Joanne Terrell, an instructor in The University of Alabama School of Social Work, has been invited to speak at the 18th Annual Alabama Perinatal Conference.

UA in the News: Oct. 17, 2013

UA museum hosts Fossil Day event – UA launches Teacher Leadership Academy – Beat Auburn Beat Hunger campaign kicks off – Sports columnist to speak at UA – English prof wins Indiana Authors Award – UA expert comments on building self-esteem in children – and more…

UA Apparel Design Students Experience New Aspect of Fashion World

University of Alabama apparel design students had the opportunity to venture outside of their design world during a new class project that was inspired by a television character known for her sense of fashion – and love of shoes.

UA in the News: Oct. 16, 2013

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive kicks off – UA School of Law ranked among top five – Government shutdown may end UA researcher’s trip to Antarctica – CBER releases fourth quarter economic forecast – Biologist studies inosistal – UA prof comments on municipal bond advisers – and more…

UA Launches Teacher Leadership Academy

The University of Alabama’s Division of Community Affairs is launching the Teacher Leadership Academy to enhance partnerships between teachers and parents in area schools. The new program will augment the division’s Parent Leadership Academy, which was founded in 2007.

UA Researchers’ Study Indicates Foreclosure Rates Racialized in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa’s mortgage foreclosure trends since the 2008 recession follow the race-wealth divide and disproportionately affect black residents, according to a study by two professors at The University of Alabama.

UA in the News: Oct. 15, 2013

UA Honors College hosts Town Hall fall series – Rick Bragg to speak at Tuscaloosa Public Library – Sororities host trick-or-treat – Student researches history of slavery at UA – UA experts comment on government shutdown’s effect on Antarctic research, political third parties, municipal financial advisors

UA’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra Performs Friday, Oct. 18

Faculty members from The University of Alabama School of Music will get to cut loose Friday, Oct. 18, when the Huxford Symphony Orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. in the concert hall of the Moody Music Building on campus.

Sports Journalist Christine Brennan to Speak at UA

Christine Brennan’s talk, a University of Alabama Through the Doors event, will be titled “Sports in the 21st Century: Diversity at the Starting Line.”