UA in the News: March 23, 2012

Druid City Arts Festival showcases musicians – National championship trophy goes on display at Bryant Museum – UA engineering students build concrete canoe – UA professors study insider trading loophole, BigFoot sightings – UA experts comment on video game violence, joyful parenting

Sleep Out on the Quad to be Sponsored by UA Community Service Center

The University of Alabama Community Service Center will host its annual Sleep Out on the Quad Wednesday, March 28, to promote awareness of homelessness issues.

UA Panhellenic to Host Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 1, from 2-3:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.

UA ALLELE Lecture to Examine Emergence of Life in Global Warming Periods

A vertebrate paleobiologist specializing in fossils from the age of dinosaurs, will visit The University of Alabama campus to give the lecture, “Emergence of Marine Mammals and Reptiles during past Global Warming and Sea Level Rise,” Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building.

UA in the News: March 22, 2012

UA recognized for community service efforts – UA engineering students build concrete canoe – Druid City Arts Festival projects promote artists – Book documents Old Havana in photographs – Text-a-thon to raise funds for Secret Meals – Barrett and Harrison Jones spend spring break helping others – Social Work dean featured – and more…

Alabama’s First Lady to Attend UA-Hosted Candle-Signing Monday

Alabama’s First Lady, Diane Bentley, will be at The University of Alabama’s University Club Monday to help kick off a project that promises to provide additional relief for victims of the April tornado while also boosting a Black Belt entrepreneur.

New York Times, ProPublica Reporters Headline UA Journalism Day Panel

Two national experts in data-driven journalism will discuss computer-aided journalism Thursday, March 29, at The University of Alabama.

UA in the News: March 21, 2012

UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business listed among 10 most popular business schools – UA law prof takes class to Cayman Islands – UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species – UA engineering team places sixth in robotics competition – UA profs comment on law school admissions, credit union benefits – SGA hosts majors fair – Delta sororities promote awareness of women’s issues – and more…

UA Organizations Team Up to Host First-Amendment Event

The First Amendment Free Food Festival at The University of Alabama will offer a free barbecue lunch to students willing to give up their First-Amendment rights.

UA Advertising, PR Graduate Students Win National Case Study Awards

Two University of Alabama advertising and public relations graduate students were winners in the Arthur W. Page Society’s 2012 Case Study Competition.