UA’s Counseling Center Offers Body Image Program
The University of Alabama’s Counseling Center will host “Open Your Eyes,” a program focusing on body image, from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at Tutwiler Hall on the UA campus.
Award-winning GLBTQ Scholar Headlines UA Diversity Symposium
An award-winning author on GLBTQ issues, two sessions on radio in the civil rights era and a record number of University of Alabama student presentations on diversity issues will highlight this year’s Discerning Diverse Voices Symposium.
UA Senior Named Southeastern College Journalist of the Year
University of Alabama journalism senior and Crimson White culture editor Abbey Crain was named 2013 College Journalist of the Year, and the newspaper won the Best Public Service award in the Southeastern Journalism Conference’s annual “Best of the South” contest, at the recent SEJC convention in Lafayette, La.
UA in the News: Feb. 22-24, 2014
UA expert comments on media coverage of Olympics – UA plans academic and residential buildings on Bryce campus – School of Music to become All Steinway School – Marketing students build Habitat house – Nick Saban listed among “West Virginians Who Matter” – Opera theatre finds new home on Bryce campus – Fraternity hosts bone marrow donor registration drive – UA student works at Sochi Olympics – and more…
In UA’s Tide Talks, Students Address Variety of Issues
Tide Talks, a student-run speaker series at The University of Alabama, will host Tide Talks VI at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Russell Auditorium on campus. Each installment of the Tide Talks series showcases four diverse UA students who are invited to share personal experiences, trials and successes from their time on campus.
UA Fraternity to Host Blood Drive
The Delta Sigma Pi fraternity at The University of Alabama asks students, faculty and the Tuscaloosa community to participate in a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Life South Bloodmobile, which will be parked on the north side of the UA Quad.
UA Preview
This week at The University of Alabama: UA student earns Achievement Award from U.S. State Department – UA researcher finds gender gap in Olympic coverage narrowing – UA adds two engineering degrees – UA experts comment on climate change, filing tax return extensions, colorectal cancer screening – Events include Kathryn Stockett lecture, sports communication symposium, lecture on inclusive communities, business plan competition and more
UA Panel to Feature Noted Social Justice Researcher
Dr. Susan R. Rankin will deliver her lecture, “Stormy Weather: The Influence of Campus Climate on Building Inclusive Communities” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in Lloyd Hall, room 222, on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Researcher Finds Gender Gap in Olympic Coverage is Narrowing
A University of Alabama researcher was part of a team who found that, in the combined 18 nights of NBC’s Sochi Olympic broadcast, male athletes received the plurality of the network’s primetime coverage, but not nearly to the extent of past Winter Olympic analyses.
UA Matters: How to File Tax Return Extensions
As the April 15 filing deadline draws near, some taxpayers may be tempted to request an automatic extension of time to file their personal federal income tax returns. The University of Alabama’s Dr. Shane Stinson offers some key points to consider before requesting such an extension. Ways to request an extension: Individuals who are unable to