Broadway-bound musical, “The Countess of Storyville,” comes to UA

Broadway-bound musical, “The Countess of Storyville,” comes to UA

Murder, prostitution, war, greed, racism and politics all collide in New Orleans’ historic red light district of Storyville in the musical, “The Countess of Storyville,” coming to The University of Alabama’s Marian Gallaway Theatre Feb. 16-20.

UA Names Director of the Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies

Dr. Berry H. “Nick” Tew Jr., Alabama’s state geologist and oil and gas supervisor, has been named director of The University of Alabama’s Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies and a research professor in the UA’s department of geological sciences. His work with UA will be in addition to his duties directing the Geological Survey of Alabama and the staff of the State Oil and Gas Board.

UA, Art Initiative to Present Evening of Art in Downtown Tuscaloosa

UA, Art Initiative to Present Evening of Art in Downtown Tuscaloosa

This Thursday at 7:30 p.m., The University of Alabama’s art and art history department in partnership with the Fuel & Lumber Company art initiative, are hosting an evening of art in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA Student News for Feb. 9, 2016

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. DEADLINES Honor Society applications, Feb. 12, 11:59 p.m. A-Team applications, Feb. 15, 2 p.m. University Stewards applications, Feb. 24 UA Away scholarship applications, March 1, 11:59 p.m. Buford Peace Award nominations,

UA Engineering Student Selected for D.C. Internship

A University of Alabama student was selected to work as an intern this summer for Washington Internships for Students of Engineering, or WISE.

UA Announces Winners of Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition

UA Announces Winners of Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition

Teams from Alabama State University, Tuskegee University and Rhodes College took home the top honors in The University of Alabama’s second annual Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition.

UA’s Darwin Day Evolves to a Three-Day Regional Conference

Darwin Day, an annual event hosted by The University of Alabama’s Evolutionary Studies Club, has evolved into the Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society, or SEEPS, conference, which will be held Feb. 12–14 in room 227 of Lloyd Hall on the UA campus.

UA’s Insurance Center Welcomes New Researcher

The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has welcomed a new associate researcher to its team.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: Engineering students work at Moundville Park – Adapted Athletics gets new arena, training facility – Social work honor society delivers teddy bears to children – Geography professors published in Nature — Art professors hold art show — UA hosts numerous events for African-American History Month – CCHS co-sponsors African film festival – LIFT Program seeking participants — Mini Medical School continues with weekly lecture series – Brussels Sprout Challenge part of annual Heart Walk – Guest lecturer discusses history of the corpse

UA Trustees Approve $10 Million Budget for Adapted Athletics Facility

The University of Alabama’s Adapted Athletics program will have a new home in 2017.