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 In the News: Feb. 28-March 2, 2015

UA researcher studies shark skin – UA prof, grad student publish history of barbecue – Theatre group pays homage to Tennessee Williams – UA student starts ONE chapter – Gorgas Library displays Black History artifacts – UA dance majors perform in ‘Frozen’ – and more …

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.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: Friel joins UA as director of Alabama Museum of Natural History – UA experts comment on FCC’s Open Internet Order, community college funding, tips for online apparel shopping and getting out of debt – RISE students celebrate Dr. Suess’s birthday – Moundville Park features Southeastern Indian shell carving

Friel Ready to Lead UA’s Natural History Museum

Dr. John Friel from Cornell University is the new director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History at The University of Alabama.

UA Matters: The Do’s and Don’ts of Online Apparel Shopping

The University of Alabama’s Babs Davis, an instructor in clothing, textiles and interior design, offers some “do’s” and don’ts” for online shopping beginners.