Startup Weekend Returns to UA Campus After Inaugural Success
University of Alabama students and area residents will once again have the opportunity to bring their business ideas to life as Startup Weekend returns to campus March 27-29.
Nutrient Pollution Damages Streams in Ways Previously Unknown, UA Co-Authored Research Shows
In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers, including University of Alabama ecologists, reports that nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon from stream ecosystems, reducing the ability of streams to support aquatic life.
UA Equestrian Team Caps off Successful Season, Looks Toward Championship Competitions
The University of Alabama equestrian team recently wrapped up its 2014-2015 season with a show at Berry College, where it earned the reserve high point title out of 14 schools entered. The performance was one of numerous high point and reserve high point finishes throughout the season that contributed to their second place ranking in the region in total points for the year, a jump of two places over last year’s ranking.
Juried Exhibition of UA Art Students’ Work on Display
Work by Bachelor of Fine Arts students in The University of Alabama’s department of art and art history will be displayed March 6-April 3 at the UA Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Lecturer to Discuss Reproductive Chemistry in UA’s ALLELE Lecture Series
Scientist Rebecca Burch will present a lecture on the chemistry of mammalian semen Thursday, March 5 as part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series at The University of Alabama.
UA Student News for March 3, 2015
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 Weather permitting, the University will test UA Alerts, the emergency public address system and digital signage at 11:55 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month. The test will last approximately 30 seconds and should not
Guest Lecturer Scheduled for March 5 at UA Cancelled
The Helen and John Mills Lecture featuring University of Alabama alumnus Robert Abernathy, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Halyard Health Inc., has been cancelled.
UA Library School Awards Free Books to Black Belt Schools
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies is awarding $15,400 in new, free books to schools in Alabama’s Black Belt region.
UA’s C&IS Hosts Third Strategic Planning Speaker
Dr. Robert Picard, a professor and director of research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, will speak at 2:30 p.m., today in 118 Graves Hall.
UA’s Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Hosts Bone-Marrow Registration
The University of Alabama’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is sponsoring a Be the Match on Campus bone-marrow registration drive from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the fraternity house, 202 University Blvd. on campus. The event is the fraternity’s second Hadley Drive, which began as a search for a bone-marrow donor match for Hadley Mercer, the infant daughter of UA alumnus and fraternity member Brad Mercer. A match was found for Hadley, but the drive will continue in her honor to help register more potential donors in the hopes of saving more lives.