Colleges & Schools

UA Grad Students Offer Space-Themed Family Night
West Alabama families are invited to don their spacesuits and prepare for blastoff during this year’s space-themed Hands-on Family Night on Feb. 11 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s School of Library and Information Studies Names New Director
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies has named Dr. James K. Elmborg its new director. Elmborg comes to UA from his professorship at the University of Iowa, where he formerly served as director of the School of Library and Information Science from 2006 to 2011. At more than

Classical Music Alive and Thriving; TSO Concert Feb. 6
Classical music isn’t dead, nor is it dying, as some say. But it is changing.
Summit Includes Keynote by John Seely Brown
The College of Continuing Studies, University Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences are co-hosting the first annual Online Learning Innovation Summit Feb. 3 at the Ferguson Student Center. While the Learning Innovation Summit is geared toward UA faculty and staff who are actively engaged in online teaching and learning, the keynote address by

Naturally Curious
For the boys at the Alabama Department of Youth Services’ Vacca Campus in Birmingham, they’re intrigued by the science behind their own behaviors.
UA to Host Meeting for 3-D Printing Experts
A global group of experts that devise standards for additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, will meet at The University of Alabama.
UA Students Learn Language Through Engineering
UA’s Sonic Frontiers Presents Electronic Music Pioneer in Free Concert
The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series presents its second concert of the “California Experiments” 2016-2017 season Jan. 27 at 7:30 pm.
UA to Host Acclaimed Pianist
World-renowned pianist Cynthia Raim will perform a full concert at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building Concert Hall Jan. 29 at 3:30 p.m.