UA in the News: Feb. 25, 2014
UA sports communication expert comments on television coverage of Olympics – UA subawards Defense Department funding for rare earth metals research – Dinah Washington Center brings UA art downtown – and more…
UA Student News for Feb. 25, 2014
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 University Stewards applications, Feb. 28, 4:45 p.m., 203 Student Services Center LeaderShape applications, March 1 Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Awards nominations, March 31 THIS MONTH African-American History Month TODAY State of the Black Union address
UA’s Donna Cox Bridger Lectureship Presents ‘If Disney Ran Your Hospital’
The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship will present, “If Disney Ran Your Hospital,” a day-long event March 7 at The University of Alabama.
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