Welcome to my UA World: Brown Chronicles Tuscaloosa Cemeteries

Welcome to my UA World: Brown Chronicles Tuscaloosa Cemeteries

There are a number of leisure activities a person may choose to undertake in their downtime. For Dr. Ian Brown, of The University of Alabama, these activities often include visiting gravesites throughout the United States.

UA In the News — Oct. 29-31

Social work professionals honoroed — Haunted house — 5K fund-raiser — and more.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Even photos of Halloween candy can have psychological impacts – The history, positive impacts on children of Halloween – Students to demo medieval architectural techniques on Quad – Philosophy of criminal justice speaker set – Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger drive continues – Election source available

Slate of Activities Planned to Honor, Support Veterans

Slate of Activities Planned to Honor, Support Veterans

The week of Nov. 5-11 offers several opportunities for the UA community to support and celebrate our military veterans, especially those among our students, faculty and staff. Below is a list of events, some with registration deadlines. For more information, visit the UA Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. Tuscaloosa Run for Veterans Nov. 5, 8

UA Professor Says Seeing Candy Causes Narrowed Focus

UA Professor Says Seeing Candy Causes Narrowed Focus

Halloween chocolate is everywhere: your office, home, prominent displays in grocery stores. Athough the adverse physical effects of indulging in chocolate are known before unwrapping the first of many pieces, the sight of Halloween candy also has psychological effects.

UA Students to Demonstrate Medieval Architecture Techniques

UA Students to Demonstrate Medieval Architecture Techniques

In a demonstration of how art and mathematics work together, University of Alabama art history students will show how the scale plan of the Cathedral of Amiens was laid out using simple tools, such as wooden mallets, stakes, string and a mason’s square, on the Quad from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 4.

Evolutionary Biologist to Speak about Race at UA ALLELE Lecture

Dr. Joseph Graves Jr., an evolutionary biologist and geneticist, will speak about race Nov. 10 as a part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, seminar series.

Barth Selected for UA Enrollment Management Position

Barth Selected for UA Enrollment Management Position

Dr. Richard “Rick” Barth will join The University of Alabama as assistant vice president for enrollment management, effective Dec. 1.

7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)

7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)

1. Haunting music In the Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Dr. Faythe Freese sits at UA’s famous Holtkamp pipe organ and plays a few bars. Recognize the composition? For many of us, this music brings to mind supernatural movie villains who have sent chills down the spines of audiences since the days of silent film. But