Next Steps Planned for UA Performing Arts Academic Center
The University of Alabama is in the final stage of planning a new $60 million Performing Arts Academic Center.
UA’s Capstone Agency Named Nation’s Top Student-Run Firm
The Public Relations Student Society of America recognized The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Capstone Agency as the Society’s top student-run agency.
Capital Hall closed until Wednesday Morning
All classes normally held in Capital Hall on UA’s Bryce Campus are postponed until 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, when the building will reopen. The building was evacuated this morning, as a precaution, following reports to UAPD of a natural gas odor. The Tuscaloosa Fire department also responded as did UA’s Office of Environmental Health
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Capital Hall
UAPD responded to reports of a natural gas odor about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday near Capital Hall on UA’s Bryce Campus. As a precaution, the building was evacuated. The Tuscaloosa Fire department also responded as did UA’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Classes in the building are temporarily postponed.
UA’s Transportation Museum Opens Architecture Exhibit
The University of Alabama’s Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum will showcase an exhibit featuring the works of architecture Don Buel Schuyler. The exhibit will run Nov. 8-Feb. 25.
Slate of Activities Planned to Honor, Support Veterans
The week of Nov. 5-11 offers several opportunities for the UA community to support and celebrate our military veterans, especially those among our students, faculty and staff. Below is a list of events, some with registration deadlines. For more information, visit the UA Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. Tuscaloosa Run for Veterans Nov. 5, 8
UA Students to Demonstrate Medieval Architecture Techniques
In a demonstration of how art and mathematics work together, University of Alabama art history students will show how the scale plan of the Cathedral of Amiens was laid out using simple tools, such as wooden mallets, stakes, string and a mason’s square, on the Quad from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 4.
Evolutionary Biologist to Speak about Race at UA ALLELE Lecture
Dr. Joseph Graves Jr., an evolutionary biologist and geneticist, will speak about race Nov. 10 as a part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, seminar series.
7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)
1. Haunting music In the Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Dr. Faythe Freese sits at UA’s famous Holtkamp pipe organ and plays a few bars. Recognize the composition? For many of us, this music brings to mind supernatural movie villains who have sent chills down the spines of audiences since the days of silent film. But