The University of Alabama’s Capstone International Center is sponsoring International Education Week from Monday, Nov. 14, to Friday, Nov. 18, to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.
Two pairs of University of Alabama students will compete for $10,000 in scholarships in the final round of the 11th annual James P. Hayes Jr. Moral Forum debate tournament at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Ferguson Theatre.
The Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce received national attention this week during the Association for University Business and Economic Research’s annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The University of Alabama’s Office of Student Involvement has created a new incentive program for student organizations on campus called The Foundation.
The Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its annual Trick-or-Treat on Sorority Row for the Tuscaloosa community from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at UA sorority houses.
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development is co-sponsoring the 16th annual Mississippi-Tennessee-Alabama Rural Tourism Conference. The conference runs from Monday, Oct. 24, to Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Courtyard by Marriott in Columbus, Mississippi.
Gentle exercise on a wheel can have beneficial effects – on fruit flies. That finding may be good news for humans, too. A new study led by The University of Alabama suggests that a device called the TreadWheel can be used to study the benefits of exercise on Drosophila — fruit flies.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby’s town hall visit has been canceled. The lecture, which was originally scheduled for Oct. 24 as a part of the Blount Speaker Series, may be rescheduled for a later date.
For three generations, one family from north Alabama – the Bankheads — became fixtures on the American landscape. Their improbable run to national prominence is traced in The University of Alabama’s Center for Public Television’s documentary “The Bankheads.” “The Bankheads” will air statewide on Alabama Public Television at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 13, and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16.
Dr. Randall Schumacker and Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster from The University of Alabama are involved in Fulbright Scholar programs in 2016.