UA Hosts Three-Day Digital Humanities Conference, “Digitorium”

College professors from across the U.S. and Europe are headed to The University of Alabama this week to take part in the Digitorium, a three-day digital humanities conference.

The Digitorium will take place at Gorgas Library and Morgan Hall March 2-4. University Libraries and the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies in the English department are sponsoring the conference.

Barry quote

“My dance this year was created with the dancers as we explored improvisational prompts to move different body parts and to find unique ways to link with, connect to and support other dancers. . . . Another idea that arose was celebrating our unique and individual personalities and movement styles, but also being able to find

UA In the News — March 1

The dangers of sand mining — What black history means to the UA community — From Canada to Alabama — and more.

UA’s Gorgas House Museum Highlights WWI Contributions

UA’s Gorgas House Museum Highlights WWI Contributions

Contributions made by William C. Gorgas during World War I is the feature of a new exhibit opening at UA’s Gorgas House Museum on Saturday, March 4.

UA Cyber Security Researcher Explains Cloudflare Data Leak

Matthew Hudnall, deputy director of UA’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, explains the Cloudflare bug that has caused a massive data leak from Internet sites like Uber and Fitbit. (Story via WVTM 13)

Women in STEM: Maggie Saylor on Being in a STEM Field

Women in STEM: Maggie Saylor on Being in a STEM Field

UA Student Maggie Saylor, a metallurgical engineering major, discusses what it’s like to study a STEM field.

UA In the News — Feb. 28

Tuscaloosa News intern, UA student honored — Racism’s effect on health — Sorority starts Tied Together — and more.

Annual Civil War Lectures to be Held at UA

A series of lectures about the Civil War will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

Altman quote about Mardi Gras

“There are fewer Catholics, and Catholics have been outnumbered by Protestants over time. But with those Catholic families, those traditions tend to endure whether one is a practicing Catholic or not. . . . If you look at places with strong Catholic cultural heritage, even if folks aren’t going to Mass every week, things like Mardi

Boylorn Quote about the Oscars

“When we look at a lived life and we don’t manipulate it to suit stereotypical mythic expectations of black women as impenetrable or super women or super stereotypes then we’re able to get to the heart of the matter which is essentially humanizing us. But when we’re humanized we’re seen as a person who other