Colleges & Schools

Paul R. Jones Gallery to Show Student-Produced Exhibit “Eclectic Way”

Paul R. Jones Gallery to Show Student-Produced Exhibit “Eclectic Way”

The Paul R. Jones Gallery will open its newest exhibit, “Eclectic Way,” this Friday, Nov. 3. The exhibit runs through Dec. 15 and features the work of UA undergraduate students alongside works from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art.

Capstone Agency and Campus PRSSA Chapter Win National Honors

Capstone Agency and Campus PRSSA Chapter Win National Honors

The University of Alabama’s Capstone Agency was awarded Best Campaign and Best Tactic in the 2017 Public Relations Student Society of America Student-Run Firm Awards. Also, UA’s PRSSA chapter was recognized nationally for its campus service.

Grant Funds UA Programs Helping Alabama’s Children

Grant Funds UA Programs Helping Alabama’s Children

The Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention has awarded $1,134,400 in funding for programs aimed at educating communities about child abuse and neglect and implementing innovative approaches to prevent it. Among the groups receiving grant money is Child Development Resources at The University of Alabama.

Ensemble to Perform ‘Born to Be Wild’ with Steppenwolf Keyboardist

Ensemble to Perform ‘Born to Be Wild’ with Steppenwolf Keyboardist

On Friday, Nov. 3, Steppenwolf keyboardist and University of Alabama instructor of music administration Michael Wilk will join the UA Horn Studio to perform a special rendition of the band’s 1968 worldwide hit “Born to Be Wild.”

Women CEOs More Likely to be Targeted by Activist Shareholders

Women CEOs More Likely to be Targeted by Activist Shareholders

Women CEOs are much more likely than their male counterparts to be targeted by activist shareholders, according to research conducted by a team that included two University of Alabama business professors.

UA Students’ Campaign to Air Nationally on Fox Sports U

UA Students’ Campaign to Air Nationally on Fox Sports U

University of Alabama advertising and public relations students Katie Bell, Willow Ennen and Arianna Straggas had their advertising campaign selected to air nationally by Fox Sports U. Bell, of Memphis, Ennen, of San Francisco, and Straggas, of Waltham, Massachusetts, worked to develop copy, graphics and creative ideas for their campaign. Their group won and was

Fox Sports U Selects UA Students’ Campaign to Air Nationally

Fox Sports U Selects UA Students’ Campaign to Air Nationally

Fox Sports U selected a University of Alabama student commercial campaign project about the Positive Coaching Alliance to air nationally through the end of the NFL season.

ALLELE Series to Host Showing of ‘Speaking Evolution’

ALLELE Series to Host Showing of ‘Speaking Evolution’

The Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series will host a showing of Discovering Alabama’s newest production, “Speaking Evolution,” Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in room 2011 of North Lawn Hall.

Former Ambassador and UA Alumnus to Present Mills Lecture

Former Ambassador and UA Alumnus to Present Mills Lecture

Thomas Hubbard, senior director at McLarty Associates in Washington, D.C., and former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea and the Philippines, will present the Helen Crow Mills and John Carroll Mills Lecture at UA on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m. in 125 ten Hoor Hall.

Martin Luther's 95 theses

Symposium Celebrates 500th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation

Several departments within The University of Alabama will present a symposium celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation Monday, Oct. 30, a half century after Martin Luther originally nailed his 95 theses to the doors of a Roman Catholic church.