UA Students to Present ‘Diversity Demonstrated’
A group of University of Alabama students will soon share what they learned in more than 300 hours of community service during spring 2012.
Events
Media Advisory: UA’s Spring Commencement Exercises
The University of Alabama will hold spring commencement exercises May 4 and 5. Feature story ideas include graduates who have overcome adversity and the story behind the ceremonial mace.
UA to Hold Spring Commencement Ceremonies May 4 and 5
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement ceremonies Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus. Three University-wide commencement ceremonies will be held this year, at 6 p.m., Friday, May 4 and at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5, to award degrees.
UA Graduate Students to Host Creative Writing Camp
Area high school students – from rising freshmen through graduating seniors – are invited to participate in the summer 2012 Creative Writing Camp at The University of Alabama May 28-June 8.
UA to Host Technology Leadership Conference for Students
The University of Alabama will host the 33rd Annual Alabama Technology Student Association State Conference involving competition for middle and high-school students Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1-2, at the Bryant Conference Center.
UA Partners with Tuskegee in Developing Nanoscience Curriculum for Black Belt Middle-Schoolers
Faculty and staff from The University of Alabama will test nanoscience modules with middle-school teachers from the Black Belt Friday at the McWane Center in Birmingham.
Montgomery First Stop for Coretta Scott King Biography Tour, Release of UA Press’ Book Nears
Bernice A. King will tour the state to promote a biography on her mother, Coretta Scott King. The tour’s first stop is April 28 at Alabama State University in Montgomery.
Ghanaian Saxophonist to Perform in UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series
Ghanaian saxophonist and visual artist Nii Noi Nortey will perform using instruments of his own design in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in The University of Alabama’s Ferguson Center Theater.
Philosopher to Lecture at UA on Social Belief, Democracy
Dr. Alvin Goldman, a board of governors professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the final spring semester lecture in The University of Alabama’s Philosophy Today Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in 205 Smith Hall on the UA campus.
UA Hosts Tornado Research Symposium on Anniversary of April 27 Storms
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a tornado research symposium Friday, April 27 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tornado outbreak that struck Tuscaloosa and the region.