The artwork of Heather Whidden, a University of Alabama Master of Fine Arts student, will be displayed from Friday, April 1 to Friday, April 29 at the UA Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.
One hundred outstanding high school sophomores who have shown an interest in leadership through service were selected to participate in the Capstone Leadership Academy at The University of Alabama.
University of Alabama students announced during this Honors Week an updated statement of the University’s core values to reflect the importance of promoting equity and inclusion on campus.
This week at The University of Alabama: Honors Week – Robotics contest slated for April 9 – Rocket contest offered to middle schoolers – Study looks at marriage in Brazil – Alumna, Google engineering director to speak – Researchers to speak at education symposium – Stages of parent-infant attachment bonds – Heart attack signs for men and women
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Mary Elizabeth Curtner-Smith discusses the importance of bonding between parents and infants.
Fewer men and women in Brazil value marriage and having offspring when selecting a mate, according to a University of Alabama psychologist.
Two periodicals produced entirely by students at The University of Alabama have garnered numerous awards in the annual Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence contest. The Crimson White newspaper and Alice magazine won first place in six categories and received six finalist awards in the competition. The contest honors the best in collegiate student journalism based on such criteria as enterprise, ingenuity, respect for audience and adherence to high journalistic standards, including the SPJ code of ethics.
Legacy of leadership — Remembering Mother Angelica — Sexism and politics — and more.
Acclaimed artist Phoebe Beasley will present a keynote lecture titled “Connecting Textured Roots and Routes” at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center Wednesday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, an anthropologist and ethnographer from the University of California at Santa Cruz, will present “Storytelling Against the Grain: Muslim Lives, French Myths, and the Power of Ethnography” Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.