UA’s C&IS Honors Frank Sikora with Nonfiction Writing Award
The University of Alabama journalism department will present the 2014 Clarence Cason Award to a former newspaper reporter for his long-form nonfiction work.
Events
UA Business Analytics Symposium Includes Experts from ESPN, Nielson
World-renowned analytics experts will present innovative case studies at The University of Alabama’s 2014 Institute of Business Analytics annual symposium Jan. 30-31 at the Hotel Capstone.
Graphic Novelist to Speak at UA on Being Latina During Civil Rights Movement
The University of Alabama welcomes author Lila Quintero Weaver to its lunchtime lecture series Feb. 6 in room 205 of the Amelia Gorgas Library.
UA Museum to Feature 3-D Printing at January Event
The community is invited to witness how the old and new combine during the Alabama Museum of Natural History’s Science Sunday at Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
UA LEADS Conference to Help Build Leadership Qualities in Students
The University of Alabama will host the UA LEADS conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Ferguson Center.
Physical Effects of Social Isolation Highlights UA Basowitz Lecture
Dr. John T. Cacioppo, the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor and director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, will present the biological explanations for the effects of perceived social isolation during the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture on The University of Alabama campus Friday, Jan. 24.
UA Announces Full Schedule of ‘Realizing the Dream’ Events
For the 25th consecutive year, The University of Alabama and its Realizing the Dream partners present a series of events around the holiday that honors the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
UA Health-Career Forum Targets Black Male High-School Students
In an effort to address the primary care physician shortage both in Alabama and nationwide, The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences is hosting its first forum geared specifically for African-American male high-school students.
UA’s Paul Jones Gallery of Art Opens “Scottsboro Boys” Exhibit
The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa opens today its first exhibit of the year, “Scottsboro Boys: The Fred Hiroshige Photographs” from the Morgan County Archives. It showcases historic photographs on loan from Morgan County that document the 1933 retrial of one of Alabama’s “Scottsboro Boys.”
UA Gallery in Tuscaloosa’s Cultural Arts Center to Showcase Modern Art
An inaugural exhibition of artworks from the collection of University of Alabama alumni Jim and Myra Morgan will open Jan.16 at The University of Alabama Gallery in Tuscaloosa’s Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. The exhibit, “The Morgan Collection – Selections,” will be displayed through March 7.