Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Aug. 11 Registration deadline for Plaza Live Aug. 13-19 Week of Welcome Aug. 14 Ripple Effect Freshman Service Day, 9 a.m., registration, Ferguson Plaza; 10 a.m.-1 p.m., service project Aug. 18 Fall semester classes begin
UA STUDENT NEWS Aug. 3, 2010 Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Aug. 7 Summer Commencement, 9 a.m., Coleman Coliseum Aug. 8 Fan Day Football, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Bryant-Denny Stadium Volleyball, 1-2 p.m., autographs, Bryant-Denny Stadium; 6 p.m., practice and scrimmage, the
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Aug. 7 Summer Commencement, 9 a.m., Coleman Coliseum Aug. 13-19 Week of Welcome Aug. 18 Fall semester classes begin ANNOUNCEMENTS Power to the following facilities will be temporarily suspended on Aug. 1 from 3:30 a.m. to
The University of Alabama Libraries is acquiring one of the most extensive collections of Americana and Southern history in private hands: the A. S. Williams III Collection of History and Culture of the South. For more than 40 years, Williams, a Eufaula native and UA alumnus, collected rare Americana, primarily books, manuscripts and photographs relating to the history of the United States.
A record 10 University of Alabama students have been named to USA Today’s 2010 All-USA College Academic Team. Once again, UA led the nation with the most students on the team, and set a record for the most students any university has ever placed on the team in a single year. UA students Alan Blinder, Connor Johnson, Kendra Key, Dana Lewis, Joy Driver Aldridge, Richard Cockrum, Susan DeLeon, Amy Frees, Kalen Berry and Rebecca Long were named to the team.
Two University of Alabama professors have received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grant to research environmental clean-up solutions for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Jessica Hetherington, a University of Alabama senior, is headed for China on a Fulbright Scholarship, fulfilling a dream she had at age 17.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will award $1.5 million to The University of Alabama to launch four distinct initiatives designed to teach and inspire the nation’s next-generation of scientists.
DATES TO REMEMBER May 7 WVUA-FM benefit, Mellow Mushroom, 9 p.m. May 8 Commencement, Coleman Coliseum, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. May 8-9 The Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show, Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, 9 a.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS Census enumerators are going door to door this week. The questions and answers are expected to take about 5 minutes. If
Living history and craft demonstrations, music, dance, children’s activities and crafts will help visitors celebrate the reopening of Jones Archaeological Museum at Moundville Archaeological Park.