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UA Engineering Students Preparing for Robotics Competition

A team of eight University of Alabama engineering students will compete in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon hardware competition April 4-7 in Jacksonville, Fla.

2013 Honors Week Events at UA Highlight Scholarship, Leadership

The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week activities on campus from Monday, April 1, to Tuesday, April 9. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad (rain location will be Moody Music Building Concert Hall).

UA’s Honors College Selects University Fellows for Freshman Class

The University Fellows Experience, housed in the Honors College at The University of Alabama, has selected 37 prospective freshmen members.

Fairhope Student Elected UA SGA President

Jimmy Taylor, a Fairhope junior majoring in finance in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was elected president of The University of Alabama Student Government Association for the 2013-2014 term.

UA Engineering Theater Group Presents ‘All the Great Books Abridged’

The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theater, or COE Does ART, will parody classic literature in its production of “Engineers Present: All the Great Books Abridged.”

UA Social Work Grad Student to Present Research in Brazil

Later this week, a University of Alabama social work graduate student will fly to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she’ll present research on health-care access for women in rural Haiti at an international conference.

UA Students Selected for Cannes Film Festival Internships

Four University of Alabama students have been selected for internships in the American Pavilion Student Program at the Cannes Film Festival.

UA Panhellenic Association to Host Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association invites the Tuscaloosa community to participate in its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.

UA College of Engineering Opens 3-D Printing Lab

No longer a future technology, 3-D printing is becoming more commonplace in manufacturing and business, prompting The University of Alabama College of Engineering to open a lab that encourages creativity among faculty and students.

UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013

The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.