The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center invites the UA campus and community to participate in events throughout February during African-American Heritage Month. This year’s campus events are held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery and Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Dr. Dawn Williams, associate professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Alabama, has been named the February 2015 Woman Physicist of the Month by the American Physical Society’s Committee on the Status of Women in Physics.
About 200 University of Alabama students during spring 2015 are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 60 companies and organizations through UA’s Cooperative Education Program.
UA UnlockED, a student-run organization at The University of Alabama, will offer a forum titled “Confronting Reality: Race in our Public Schools,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in room 1093 of Shelby Hall.
The University of Alabama’s Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-health honors society and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will host Saving America’s Marrow for a donor registration event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Ferguson Student Center and the University Recreation Center on campus.
The University of Alabama’s Auxiliary Services and Office of Information Technology has received a Models of Efficiency award from University Business magazine.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recently recognized Margaret P. Garner, University of Alabama associate professor and interim executive director of the Student Health center, as a Fellow.
More than 750 University of Alabama students in biology classes donated more than 5,100 toys to families in need in the Tuscaloosa area.
The University of Alabama won the 2014 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 300,049 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 198,041 pounds of food.
Allison Montgomery, a senior biology major from Talladega, was announced as The University of Alabama’s 2014 Homecoming Queen at the bonfire and pep rally Friday, Nov. 21, on the UA Quad.