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.
UA undergrads research distracted drivers — The state’s economic outlook — Panel looks at reforming law enforcement — and more.
New York nursing leader Timothy Shi presents “Just Nurse, Not Male Nurse” during UA’s Capstone College of Nursing annual Joe Burrage Memorial Lectureship on April 19.
The University of Alabama’s 38th annual Museum Expedition is heading to the Gulf Coast this summer in an effort to help archaeologists investigate the prehistoric occupation of the Gulf State Park area.