Announcements

UA Offers Community Development Lecture by Author, City Planner

The University of Alabama Honors College and Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility will host a lecture by author Jeff Speck at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. Speck, an internationally known city planner and architectural designer, will be discussing the importance of walkability to a downtown community.

UA Sororities to Host Trick-or-Treat for Area Children

The University of Alabama’s Panhellenic Association will host the annual Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. Children from the Tuscaloosa area ages 12 and younger are invited to dress up in Halloween costumes and visit the lawns of the campus sorority houses on Magnolia and Colonial drives for candy and activities.

UA Group Offers Final Installment of Short Fiction Readings in Downtown Tuscaloosa

Ala. – The University of Alabama’s student-led organization and nonprofit literary journal NANO Fiction invites the public to the second and final installment of its two-part reading series, Five at 5, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at 5 Bar in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA Retired Adviser Receives Mortar Board Award for Excellence

Glenda K. Guyton, retired adviser at The University of Alabama, has received the 2013 Excellence in Advising Award by the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. Guyton received the award at the society’s national conference in September in Atlanta.

UA’s Moundville Park Still Open

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park has not been impacted by the federal government shutdown.

UA Offers Student Health Fair

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.  — The University of Alabama Student Health Center’s department of health promotion and will host the annual fall student health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, on

Five Elected to UA Homecoming Court

The 2013 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in an Oct. 1 student election.

UA Start-Up Firm Set for Launch After Placing in Business Competition

A University of Alabama start-up company developing technology to charge cell phones and other portable devices wirelessly was a winner in a state-wide business competition.

UA Students Participate in Cooperative Education with Corporations

More than 150 University of Alabama students during the fall 2013 semester are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 30 companies and organizations through UA’s Cooperative Education Program.

UA Honors College Hosts Afternoon of Service in Perry County

As part of its 57 Miles program, The University of Alabama Honors College will be working in partnership with Perry County to host its fall Afternoon of Service from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in Marion.