UA In the News — Sept. 7-9
Needs of bees — The effects of isolation — Stair Climb — and more.
UA Preview
This week at The University of Alabama: UA to honor victims of 9-11 attacks – More high school students obtaining college credit via Early College – Voting rights speaker series begins – Living-learning community celebrates 20 years – RISE fundraiser event — Sharing our Legacy Dance Theatre to Perform
UA Part of Initiative to Bring Higher Education to Alabama’s Prisons
The University of Alabama partners with Auburn University in the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project to provide the state’s incarcerated population with a second chance through higher learning.
Flu Vaccine Clinic to Serve as Emergency-Training Exercise
Hundreds of free flu vaccines will be distributed Sept. 17 to students, faculty and staff during a mock exercise that will help prepare UA medical personnel, staff and students to dispense large quantities of medication to the campus community in the event of an emergency.
Sitting With Elephants Leads to Lessons for MBA Class
Dr. Ron Dulek spends the first day of class extracting lessons from his experience of nearly a decade of interacting with elephants near his second home in Africa. The thread that binds the lecture is humility.
UA School of Social Work Launches ‘Own Your Vote’ Series
As the 2020 presidential election draws nearer, The University of Alabama School of Social Work has created a speaker series to highlight issues of voting rights and equal access.
UA In the News — Sept. 6
Free pizza — Early College enrollment — Cooling stations — and more.
Retirement-Plan Changes: Webinars and Meetings Available
The University of Alabama System is making changes to its voluntary retirement plans. Attend a session to learn more.
Do You Have What It Takes to Unlock the Challenge Box?
Lockheed Martin Corp. will bring its 14-foot-tall Challenge Box to the Ferguson Student Center Great Hall Sept. 9-11.
Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theatre to Perform in Tuscaloosa
Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theatre will perform at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. as part of the ongoing Realizing the Dream performing arts series. The performance is free and open to the public.