Students

• College of Arts and Sciences

UA’s Religious Studies Department Marks 50th Anniversary

Now, five decades later, UA’s department of religious studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a showcase of its accomplishments by students, graduates and faculty.

“A lot of units would invite people from outside to talk, as part of these celebrations, but we reasoned that the strength of our department is its current students, past students and our faculty,” McCutcheon said. “So our logic is we wanted to highlight those three groups.”

• Students

UA Engineering Students Re-create History

A few University of Alabama engineering majors have spent the past five months researching and developing a plan to create a replica of an 18th century British Hanger rapier that has been part of UA Museums for the last half century.

• Students

Educational Studies’ Graduate Research Symposium Accepting Proposals

The 2017 ESPRMC Graduate Research Symposim will be held Thursday, April 13. As many as five $500 travel awards will be presented to the top graduate students this year.

• Faculty & Staff

Welcome to my UA World: Morrison Coaches Equestrian Program

As two horses circle her in the ring, Ashley Morrison voices recommendations to the athletes atop them.

• Arts & Culture

UA’s Gorgas House Museum Highlights WWI Contributions

Contributions made by William C. Gorgas during World War I is the feature of a new exhibit opening at UA’s Gorgas House Museum on Saturday, March 4.

• Events

Annual Civil War Lectures to be Held at UA

A series of lectures about the Civil War will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

• Campus & Community

Behind the Scenes: University of Alabama’s Ice Hockey Team

• College of Human Environmental Sciences

UA Fashion Show Celebrates Body Image

More than two dozen University of Alabama students, faculty and staff signed up to participate in the Fashion Rocks and So Does My Body Fashion Show, part of Body Awareness Week, said Sheena Gregg, a registered dietitian and assistant director of UA’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness.

• Campus & Community

UA Adapted Athletics Breaks Ground on New Facility

• Campus & Community

New UA Class Reveals History of Local Lynchings; Marker for Victims to be Erected

As part of a new history class called “Southern Memory: Lynching in the South,” which was started at The University of Alabama this fall by Dr. John Giggie, 15 students have spent the semester learning about the history and rationale of lynching, as well as tracking down the history of the documented lynchings that took place in Tuscaloosa County.