The University of Alabama Tri Delta Sorority is sponsoring a Cookout for Cancer and a letter-writing campaign to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Thursday, April 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Tri Delta house.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association travel program, Alumni Campus Abroad, is sponsoring trips to Italy’s Lake District and the Swiss Alps this summer.
Gregory Singleton, director of engineering student services for The University of Alabama College of Engineering, recently received the 2004 Motorola MEP Legacy Builder’s Award.
More than 30 years after celebrating the first Earth Day, environmental consciousness has become more and more heightened. From recycling newspapers and plastics to driving hybrid vehicles, Earth Day has had an immeasurable impact in every community throughout the United States. UA experts can offer commentary about how individuals CAN make a difference in their local community. Earth Day is observed world wide on April 22.
A significant gift of rare 19th century American books to The University of Alabama Libraries may be able to help turn back the hands of time, so to speak. Similar works were destroyed on campus when the Rotunda — UA’s original library — was burned during the Civil War. This historical fact motivated the owner of the book collection to donate it to the University.
The Arty Party, a lively spring evening of dinner and theatre at The University of Alabama, will be held Saturday, April 24 at 5 p.m. at the President’s Mansion on the UA campus. A “big top” tent (on the President’s Mansion lawn) decorated with scenes from UA theatre productions will set the stage for the event which will raise funds for theatre scholarships and celebrate the Capstone’s fine and performing arts programs.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Harvey Kline is headed to Colombia, courtesy of the U.S. Fulbright Scholars Program, where he will teach a class and conduct research for an upcoming book on that strife-filled country’s president.
University of Alabama student journalists had the most first place winners and won the Sweepstakes Award in the Mark of Excellence (MOE) Competition held on Saturday, March 27, at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Two University of Alabama student publications were recently named among the best in the nation at the 2004 Spring National College Media Convention in New York City.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Tom Ward, a senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media and executive officer of the Cognitive Science Society, will act as host for a virtual colloquium on Friday, April 9 at 1 p.m. E.S.T. The speaker will be Professor Andy Clark, director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, who will talk about the “extended mind” and how human created devices are leading to new forms of cognition and new ways of thinking about the mind.