More than 1,000 donors participated in a Florida business executive’s challenge to support University of Alabama business students, generating more than $3.6 million for young UA scholars within three months.
The 2016 Golden Flake A-Day Spring Football Game will be held Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m. at Bryant-Denny Stadium on The University of Alabama campus.
Nominations are being accepted by The University of Alabama School of Social Work for the 2016 Buford Peace Award. The Peace Award is granted annually to a UA faculty member, whose teaching, research, practice and professional life have demonstrated exceptional levels of involvement in mediating human disputes, helping overcome prejudice, promoting justice and establishing peace.
A team of University of Alabama engineering students is to take part in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend, a national contest on the leading edge of transportation research.
Nine schools will make up 14 teams participating in the 2016 Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition Jan. 28-30 at The University of Alabama.
A one-day course titled “Cyberforce Security: Risk and Mitigation” will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama’s Bama Dining program is launching a series of cooking classes called Crimson Kitchen.
Paintings by contemporary realist and University of Alabama alumna Dale Kennington will be on display from Monday, Feb. 1, to Friday, March 11, at the UA Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. The exhibit, titled “Real Lives: Observations and Reflections by Dale Kennington,” showcases scenes from ordinary life, including getting haircut and waiting for a train.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will host the Allan V. Kaufman Phi Alpha Symposium, a community panel to discuss aspects of aging adults, Jan. 20 at Little Hall.
The University of Alabama football team will be honored for its College Football Playoff National Championship with a parade beginning at Denny Chimes and a program held on the north steps of Bryant-Denny Stadium at the Walk of Champions Saturday, Jan. 23.