The Tuscaloosa County chapter of the University of Alabama Alumni Association will join the grand opening of Qdoba Mexican Grill on Wednesday, Nov. 20, to raise scholarship funds for students.
The third annual Phi Beta Sigma Sleep Out for the Homeless event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, on The University of Alabama Quad behind Gorgas Library from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m.
The West Alabama Food Bank will host a press conference for the 2002 “Beat Auburn-Beat Hunger” food drive competition that The University of Alabama competes in each year.
Jeffery Alan Melton will be on The University of Alabama campus to sign copies of his new book and give a short lecture on Thursday, Nov. 21. He will be at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library on the second floor of the Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, 500 Hackberry Lane.
The University of Alabama yearbook, the Corolla, won four national awards at the College Media Convention held Oct. 30-Nov. 3 in Kissimmee, Fla.
CONSOL Energy Inc. donated holographic lab equipment to The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering. The estimated worth of the equipment is $23,000.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a University of Alabama aging expert a $550,000 grant to study a method of reducing agitation among nursing home residents suffering from dementia. The study is a collaborative project with the Center for Aging at UAB.
The University of Alabama department of political science will hold a panel discussion on the outcomes of the 2002 midterm elections on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall, room 257.
Renewed excavation efforts at the site of a Native American council house, first discovered by a University of Alabama archaeological team in 2001, have revealed it is the largest such structure ever found in the Southeast, says the UA anthropology professor leading the excavation.
For part of their senior-level design course, nine mechanical engineering student teams at The University of Alabama have been designing and building devices to help children with spina bifida get into and out of their wheelchairs and bathtubs.