MONDAY, AUG. 7 – SUNDAY, AUG. 13
RESEARCH
UA STUDENTS WIN INTERNATIONAL ANTENNA CONTEST – A team of engineering students at UA placed first in an international contest to design better antennas for small satellites, called CubeSats. For interview assistance, contact Adam Jones, Strategic Communications, at 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
PROFESSORS EARN FULBRIGHTS — Two professors — Dr. Samantha Hansen and Dr. Gregory Starr — will pursue work and research through the U.S. Fulbright Scholars Program in 2017 and 2018. Hansen, associate professor of geological sciences, will be in Greece for the fall semester, working at the National Observatory of Athens. She will combine seismic data from a countrywide seismograph network with her tomographic imaging technique — producing images to develop models for the Hellenic Subduction Zone. The area is known for its large magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis. Starr, professor of biological sciences, will spend six months in France starting in January 2018. He will work with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research on a project titled “Food Security and Human Populations Growth: Trading Water for Carbon to Increase Food Production for the 21st Century.” For more details, contact Richard LeComte, communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205-348-3782.
BEST BETS
STUDENTS, RECENT ALUMNI INTERN THROUGH TELEVISON ACADEMY — Four UA College of Communication and Information Sciences students and recent alumni are working as Television Academy Foundation Interns in Los Angeles this summer. The interns include: Abigail Armstrong, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of TV Directing for “One Day at a Time,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Big Bang Theory”; Kathleen Bodle, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of Movies for TV, for Stan and Deliver Films; Drake McDonald, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of Children’s Programming and Development, for Disney Jr. and alumni Shanrica Evans, of Decatur, Georgia, in the category of Episodic Series, for “Shondaland.” Contact Rand Nelson, communication specialist in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, 205-348-6416, james.nelson@ua.edu, for more details.
UA TO UNVEIL PARKING SPACE FOR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS – On Aug. 9, UA officials will unveil a parking space designated for recipients of the Purple Heart, a medal awarded to men and women who were wounded or killed in combat. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in a parking lot just west of the Ferguson Center along Campus Drive. Members of UA’s veteran community will speak at the ceremony. For more information, contact David Miller, communications, at 205-348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
ALABAMA ACTION — UA’s Honors College continues as a transformative force in West Alabama through its Alabama Action, Outdoor Action, Black Belt Action and Health Action programs. The service projects, in Tuscaloosa, Marion and elsewhere, will run from Monday, Aug. 14, to Friday, Aug. 18, before the start of the fall 2017 semester. About 165 freshmen and 36 student leaders will work on beautification projects at Huntington Place Elementary School and Echols Middle School. Activities include painting restrooms and cafeterias, landscaping, updating a pavilion and painting murals. The media are invited to Huntington Place Elementary School from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 11601 Huntington Place, to observe UA Honors College students working on the grounds. For details, contact Richard LeComte, communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205/394-3040.
WEEK OF WELCOME – UA’s Week of Welcome for new and returning students starts Saturday, Aug. 19, and features the Yea Alabama! Kickoff barbecue Aug. 21, the Script A formation at Bryant-Denny Stadium Aug. 22 and Welcome Back breakfasts Aug. 23 and 24. Media will be asked to present credentials to cover the Script A formation at the stadium. For more events, go to https://wow.sa.ua.edu/events/2017-08/. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, UA communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205-348-3782.