UA Marks Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month with Events
The University of Alabama’s Crossroads Community Center announces a number of events honoring Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month, which continues through Oct. 23 on the UA campus.
UA Honors College Presents Fall Town Hall Event
The University of Alabama Honors College kicks off its 2014 Fall Town Hall series with the first installment, “Knowing Your Rights,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Ferguson Center Forum. This event, which is free and open to the public, will address Town Hall’s most requested subject: how to protect one’s rights and know what to do in difficult situations.
Nebulae and Star-Clustering Viewing Set for UA’s Moundville Park
The University of Alabama’s Astronomy Group within the department of physics and astronomy will hold a nebulae and star-cluster viewing for the public from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park.
UA UnlockED Offers Screening of Documentary on Education
UA UnlockED, a student-run organization at The University of Alabama dedicated to improving educational equality, will host a documentary screening at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in 120 Lloyd Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The featured film will be “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” which analyzes the failures of the American public education system by following the journey of several students striving to be accepted into a charter school.
Artwork by UA Interior Design Professor on Display
A restrospective exhibit of artwork and design by Beverly A. Kissinger, assistant professor of interior design in The College of Human Environmental Sciences, runs through Saturday, Sept. 27, in the second floor gallery of Doster Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Engages in Intervention Pilot Program for Childhood Obesity
Faculty from The University of Alabama and community members from Alabama’s Black Belt region have been awarded $45,000 to support a childhood obesity prevention plan through Project UNITED’s Intervention Pilot Program.
RecycleBama at UA to Raise Environmental Awareness in September
RecycleBama, a subcommittee of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama, will kick off a month-long environmental campaign with a campus cleanup event beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in front of the Ridgecrest South residential complex on campus.
UA Alumni-Athlete Award Recipients Honored at Football Game
Three outstanding University of Alabama alumni — Dr.Jeff Laubenthal, L.W. “Red” Noonan and Fred Sington Jr. — received the 2014 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 6 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on the UA campus. Noonan was honored posthumously.
UA Professor to Lecture on Russia and Modern World
The University of Alabama’s department of modern languages and classics invites the public to hear Dr. Andrew M. Drozd, associate professor of Russian at UA, present the first lecture of a three-part series titled “Russia and the Making of the Modern World” at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, in 205 Gorgas Library.
UA Seeks Subjects for Research Study on Hearing
Adult volunteers 19 years or older are needed for a research study on hearing conducted by The University of Alabama’s department of communicative disorders.