Campus & Community

UA Women’s Resource Center to Hold Brown Bag Lunch Events

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring Brown Bag Lunch Fridays in the Ferguson Forum from noon-1:15 p.m. on the following dates.

Saving the Environment, One Cardboard Box at a Time

In this day and age of pollution and waste, The University of Alabama is doing its part to help protect the environment. A steadily growing recycling program has been in place for three years, and a new cardboard recycling program is in the works.

UA Libraries Judging Books by Covers in Developing Innovative Database

The University of Alabama’s University Libraries will create an extensive online collection of American book covers through a federally funded project in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

UA Honors College Making Academic Excellence a Campus Enterprise

When Dr. Robert Halli Jr. describes honors courses on The University of Alabama campus he speaks in terms of an “honors enterprise.”

UA Dean Robert Olin Named to American Mathematical Society Science Committee

Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, has been selected to serve on the Committee on Science Policy for the American Mathematical Society.

UA Student Honors Organization to Provide Free Tax Assistance

Dozens of students in a University of Alabama honors organization will be offering free income tax filing assistance to the public three days per week beginning Feb. 3.

Leading Authority on Fragrance, Sense of Smell to Speak at UA Museum and Arboretum’s Valentine Dinner

The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and the UA Arboretum will host a St. Valentine’s Day dinner featuring an aromatically inspired gourmet meal and a presentation by one of America’s leading fragrance authorities, Saturday, Feb. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall, 427 6th Avenue, on the UA campus.

Public Invited to Join UA Astronomy Department for Viewing of the Moon and Saturn

The University of Alabama astronomy department will hold a free public sky viewing of the moon and Saturn on Thursday, Feb. 5, beginning at 7 p.m. with Dr. Philip Hardee, UA professor of astronomy, as host of the event.

UA College of Nursing to Present Bridger Endowed Lecture

The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will host The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care on March 5, 2004, in the Bryant Conference Center’s Sellers Auditorium.

UA to Hold 2004 Spring Career Fair Feb. 18

The University of Alabama Career Center will host the 2004 Spring Career Fair Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.