Campus & Community

UA Engineering Student Awarded Scholarship

University of Alabama mechanical engineering student Ashley Erickson was recently awarded the Society of Women Engineers/Chevron Texaco Corp. Scholarship at the Society of Women Engineers National Conference in Birmingham.

UA College of Engineering Student Receives Award

The Partnership to Advance Science Engineering and Technology awarded University of Alabama mechanical engineering graduate student Heather Hendrix the Outstanding College Student Horizon Award at the Society of Women Engineers National Conference in Birmingham.

UA Aging Center Offers Lecture on Grandparents Raising Children Nov. 3

Drs. Nancy Kropf and Stacy Kolomer, both of the University of Georgia, will speak about grandparents raising grandchildren Monday, Nov. 3 at noon, in 104 Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

Doctors and Their Elderly Patients Topic of UA Aging Center Lecture Nov. 4

Dr. Mark Yaffe of McGill University in Montreal, Canada will present “Communication Between Physicians and Older Patients” Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. in 104 Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Robin Hemley and Shona Ramaya

Robin Hemley and Shona Ramaya will read selections from their latest works on Nov. 6 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Mortar Board Room, 300, of Ferguson Center on the campus of The University of Alabama as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.

UA-Sponsored Project Rose Expands to All Alabama Counties

The University of Alabama-sponsored Project ROSE (Recycled Oil Saves Energy) now has at least one used motor oil collection location in all 67 Alabama counties.

ASME Selects the UA College of Engineering Student to Serve on Council

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has selected University of Alabama College of Engineering student Thomas Saunders to serve on the Petroleum Division Collegiate Council.

Marr’s Field Journal to Hold Art Show

The University of Alabama Marr’s Field Journal will host its first art show entitled, “Re Generation: Telling Our Stories Through Art” Nov. 6-11 at the Kentuck Museum in Northport.

UA McNair Scholars to Present Annual Research Conference

The fourth annual University of Alabama McNair Scholars Research Conference has been scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall on the UA campus.

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.