Announcements

UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series Presents Five Days of Collaborative Art Performances

UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series Presents Five Days of Collaborative Art Performances

Each day from Monday, Feb. 29, to Friday, March 4, a different artist who specializes in a particular medium will create a new piece while musician and composer Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar simultaneously creates new saxophone and electronic music. The work of each of the six Alabama-based artists will inspire the sound that Dewar creates, and in turn their work will be inspired by his music.

Church, UA Art Department Team to Host “Empty Bowls”

Church, UA Art Department Team to Host “Empty Bowls”

More than 100 ceramic bowls will come out of the firing kilns of University of Alabama ceramics instructor Wade MacDonald’s class in the coming week. Colored and glazed, the bowls will be donated to University Presbyterian Church’s “Empty Bowls 2016” fundraiser for the hungry Feb. 26.

State Engineering Hall of Fame Inducts 2016 Class

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted five individuals and honored two engineering projects during a recent ceremony at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa in Mobile.

UA’s Moundville Park Resumes ‘Saturday in the Park’ March 5

Prehistoric mica work, ancient hunting and fishing techniques and Southeastern pottery are a few of programs featured during Saturday in the Park at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park.

UA Establishes Community Affairs Board of Advisors

The Division of Community Affairs of The University of Alabama has announced the creation of an alumni board of advisors made up of outstanding individuals with a commitment to community engagement and student success.

UA Departments of Journalism, Telecommunication and Film to Merge

The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences will begin the process of merging its department of journalism and its department of telecommunication and film in fall 2016.

Former Urban League Director to Headline African-American Heritage Colloquium at UA

A former president and CEO of the Atlanta Urban League will speak during the annual Dr. Ethel H. Hall African-American Heritage Month Celebration Friday, Feb. 19 at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Rural Health, Medical Scholars Programs Accepting Applications

The University of Alabama’s Rural Health and Medical Scholars Programs are now accepting applications for its 2016 classes.

UA’s Library, Information Studies Giving Away Books to Black Belt Schools

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will award more than $6,000 in new, free books to school libraries in the Black Belt region of the state during February via the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt (and Beyond) program.

UA Students Prep to Pitch Grocery Delivery Service in Statewide Competition

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A team of four University of Alabama students will pitch their grocery delivery business idea in the second round of the Alabama Launchpad statewide business competition Feb. 19 in Birmingham. Ethan Mergen, Ryan Keelin, Trey Byers and Jake Jackson will present their start-up business plan to a panel of judges in an