TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s department of communicative disorders is providing free hearing screenings to students, faculty and staff on Oct. 13. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., the Hear Here Alabama truck will be set up behind Gorgas Library. Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon, an auditory expert at UA and associate professor of communicative disorders, said
The University of Alabama’s 2016 Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger drive launches Saturday, Oct. 1. The drive, which benefits the West Alabama Food Bank, has collected more than 2 million pounds of food over 20 years for those in need.
University of Alabama graduate student Tyler Canonico has played the Denny Chimes modified organ for three years. He began playing while pursuing his master’s in music and organ performance.
The University of Alabama’s Homecoming Parade will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The parade will start in downtown Tuscaloosa, moving north on Greensboro Avenue and then East on University Boulevard.
Two-hundred and fifteen employers will be on the hunt for prospective employees at The University of Alabama Career Center’s bi-annual career fair Wednesday and Thursday at Coleman Coliseum from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM initiative will host Building an Impact, its fourth annual symposium, on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23, on campus. Building an Impact is designed to provide an opportunity for researchers, academics and industry members from the Southeast to learn and share how to build leadership and career development skills for college women in STEM and to discuss ways to further increase the number of women in STEM initiatives.
The PNC Foundation has awarded grants totaling $45,000 to The University of Alabama to support both early childhood education in the state and UA students.
Two students in The University of Alabama College of Engineering were selected to receive awards from the Alabama Road Builders Association.
Eric Schulz, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering and German at The University of Alabama, was selected for a doctoral fellowship that will partner his studies with research for Mercedes-Benz.