UA’s Eta Sigma Gamma Highlights Dangers of Secondhand Smoke in ‘Flash Mob’ Event

Students in The University of Alabama’s health education honor society Eta Sigma Gamma will illustrate the dangers of secondhand smoke in a vivid, and somewhat shocking, way during the annual Great American Smokeout Nov. 21.

UA Professors Will Discuss Sports and Native American Masculinity

The University of Alabama’s Women’s Resource Center and the Alabama Program in Sports Communication will co-host a panel discussion titled “Being Brave: Sports and Native American Masculinity.”

UA Graduate Students Step Up for 3MT Finals

It’s a knock-down, drag-out, winner-takes-all battle royal at the finals of UA’s 3-Minute Thesis competition at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 in in Russell Hall, room 159. OK, that’s an exaggeration. But the battle for thousands in prize money and the chance to represent the University in a national competition is pretty serious.

UA Journalism Students Win National Free Press Award

Three University of Alabama journalism students recently received the 2013 College Press Freedom Award from the Student Press Law Center.

UA Alumni Association Honors Four Faculty Members with Teaching Awards

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2013 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

UA Presents Screening of Documentary Celebrating Chinese Culture

The University of Alabama’s Center for Community-Based Partnerships will host a viewing of “The Dialogue,” an hour-long documentary championing international culture, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Global Café on University Boulevard.

‘Shakespeare and American Integration’ Offers Take on UA’s History

Language is the shared medium by which we explore our world, and the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at The University of Alabama has come up with a novel way to talk about American integration.

UA’s ‘Book Bonanza for the Black Belt’ Seeks Applicants for Free Books

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will give away more than $5,000 in free books to schools in Alabama’s Black Belt region.

UA’s Philosophy Series Continues with Talk on Inattentional Blindness

Dr. Ned Block, a leading philosopher of mind, will deliver the next lecture in the 2013-2014 Philosophy Today Series.

UA Professor Receives Honor for Research on Massage Therapy

Dr. Maria Hernandez-Reif, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Pediatric Development Research Lab at The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, has received the Ashley Montagu Award from the Canadian Touch Research Center.