Challenge Offers $2 Million Potential for UA’s Culverhouse

A Florida business executive has committed to match — up to $1 million — all donations made to The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce before year’s end.

Paleontologist to Discuss Skeletons’ Use in Reconstructing Ecosystems at UA

Dr. Linda Ivany, a leader in paleontology who studies climate, ecology and evolution, will present “The Pace of Life – The (often) Missing Element in Studies of Evolution Using Fossils,” at The University of Alabama on Thursday, Oct. 15 as part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, lecture series at UA.

UA in the News: Oct. 14, 2015

UA plays role in dinosaur body temperature research – UA senior writes opinion piece on impact of women on state’s history

Wade, Jones and Cleino Named to 2015 Educator Hall of Fame Class

Three educators with strong ties to both The University of Alabama and the City of Tuscaloosa will be inducted into the Educator Hall of Fame Saturday night.

UA’s Fording Wins Book Award

Dr. Richard C. Fording, chair of political science at The University of Alabama, received the Herbert Simon Book Award from the Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association for his book, Disciplining the Poor.

UA Museum Ghost Tour Provides Halloween Fun

The community is invited to experience some of the haunted legends that have been passed down through time during the annual “A Haunting at the Museum” at The University of Alabama.

UA Museum Offers Fossil Fun during Annual Event

The community is invited to get a glimpse of the past during National Fossil Day at the Alabama Museum of Natural History at Smith Hall on The University of Alabama’s campus.

UA in the News: Oct. 13, 2015

UA anglers win Ranger Cup – High energy, wacky costumes part of homecoming – Criminal justice professor analyzes mass shootings – Instructor authors opinion piece on gun reform

UA Student News for Oct. 13, 2015

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. Submit your news at http://uanews.ua.edu/submit-student. TODAY SGA State of the School address, 4 p.m., Gorgas House DEADLINES Undergraduate research grant applications, Oct. 23 Beyond Bama winter-break service-trip (Greensboro, Alabama) applications, Oct. 28 Education Abroad Photo Contest

UA Honors College Students Perform Service Projects in Marion

About 125 students and 25 student leaders from The University of Alabama Honors College will perform service projects from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 in in Marion as part of the 57 Miles Project.