Online Exhibition Examines Tobacco Companies’ Targeting of Minorities
A University of Alabama professor’s latest online exhibition explores methods used by tobacco companies for years to target African Americans and other minority groups.
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River Pitch Seeks Student, Community Entrepreneurs
Those with ideas for new products, services or businesses are invited to the Tuscaloosa River Market Nov. 14 to participate in the 2018 River Pitch Business Idea Competition.
‘World’s Greatest’ Typewriter Collection on Exhibit
The “world’s greatest” collection of typewriters formerly owned by famous writers, actors, playwrights, musicians and others will be displayed at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center from Nov. 2 to Dec. 7.
Late Social Work Professor Named to Social Work Hall of Fame
The Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame will posthumously honor a former University of Alabama faculty member during a ceremony Friday, Nov. 2.
Quartet First in UA’s History to Win International Horn Competition
Tater and the Tots became the first University of Alabama horn quartet to win the International Horn Society Summer Symposium Student Amateur Quartet Competition, which was held earlier at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
‘World’s Greatest’ Typewriter Collection on Exhibit with ‘Alabama Types’
The “world’s greatest” collection of typewriters formerly owned by famous writers, actors, playwrights, musicians and others will be displayed at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center from Nov. 2 to Dec. 7.
UA Offers Membership to National Diversity, Development Center
The University of Alabama is offering faculty the opportunity to join the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development at no cost.
UA Offers Grad Students, Postdocs Free Membership to NCFDD
The University of Alabama is offering graduate students and post-doctoral scholars the opportunity to join the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development at no cost.
UA Leads Effort to Understand Imperiled Mussel Biodiversity
A nearly $1.8 million project led by The University of Alabama hopes to identify the processes and mechanisms that underlie patterns of biodiversity in freshwater mussels to better arm managers of environmental resources.
New UA Degree Program Targets Addiction, Recovery
The University of Alabama’s department of human development and family studies will prepare students to combat a wide-variety of addictive disorders through a new Bachelor of Science in Addiction and Recovery.