UA MBA Students to Run, Volunteer for Mercedes-Benz Marathon
More than 35 MBA students from the Manderson Graduate School at The University of Alabama are registered to take part in the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend in Birmingham Feb. 12-14.
Events
What Makes You Beautiful Exhibit Opens at UA Gallery
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and University Recreation are presenting an exhibit of photographs called “What Makes You Beautiful: Loving Yourself Inside & Out” in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery through Feb. 28.
UA Celebrates African-American Heritage Month with Theme ‘Black Economic Empowerment’
African-American Heritage Month is being celebrated at The University of Alabama with a wide variety of events on campus and a 2010 theme of “Black Economic Empowerment.”
UA Conference Focuses on Latinos, Latinas in U.S. South
The University of Alabama is hosting the first conference to look at the lives of Latinas and Latinos in the southern United States. “Latinas/os in the U.S. South: Immigration, Integration and Identity” will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at the Hotel Capstone on the UA campus.
Former Village Voice Editor to Talk about Dance at UA
The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the lecture “The Crisis in Criticism: The Internet, the Economy and the Death of Dance Writing” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Morgan Auditorium.
UA Engineering Students Prepare for Concrete Canoe Competition
University of Alabama civil engineering students will “pour” the concrete for the concrete canoe Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 1 p.m. behind H.M. Comer Hall.
UA Undergraduates Invited to Enter Research and Creative Activity Conference
Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to attend The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 15 at the Bryant Conference Center. To participate, undergraduate students must register their project by submitting an application form and abstract describing their project by March 8.
UA, Impact Alabama Offer Free Tax Prep Services for Working Families
More than 140 students from The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social responsibility and Impact Alabama are providing free tax preparation services to working families across the state. In Tuscaloosa, the free tax clinic will be offered through Feb. 27 in the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority’s Rosedale Court.
Noted Archivist to Discuss African-American Genealogy at UA
The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association is presenting guest speaker Frazine Taylor, an expert on African-American genealogy, who will give a workshop on campus Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m.-noon in 110 AIME Building.
UA Astronomers Invite Community to View Mars
University of Alabama astronomers invite the community to view the moon and Mars in the next Public Night sky-viewing session Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.