Annual Knap-in at UA’s Moundville Park Features Activities for All Ages
The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park hosts the 16th annual Moundville Knap-In March 11 and 12.
Campus & Community
UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series Presents Five Days of Collaborative Art Performances
Each day from Monday, Feb. 29, to Friday, March 4, a different artist who specializes in a particular medium will create a new piece while musician and composer Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar simultaneously creates new saxophone and electronic music. The work of each of the six Alabama-based artists will inspire the sound that Dewar creates, and in turn their work will be inspired by his music.
UA Student News for Feb. 23, 2016
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. Submit your news at http://uanews.ua.edu/submit-student. DEADLINES University Stewards applications, Feb. 24 Outstanding Commitment to Advising Award nominations, Feb. 25 International Peer Advisory Council applications, Feb. 26, 4:45 p.m. UA Away scholarship applications, March 1, 11:59 p.m.
UA Journalism Student Wins Scripps Howard Award
A University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences student, Matthew Wilson, was named a winner of a Scripps Howard Foundation collegiate reporting competition.
Church, UA Art Department Team to Host “Empty Bowls”
More than 100 ceramic bowls will come out of the firing kilns of University of Alabama ceramics instructor Wade MacDonald’s class in the coming week. Colored and glazed, the bowls will be donated to University Presbyterian Church’s “Empty Bowls 2016” fundraiser for the hungry Feb. 26.
State Engineering Hall of Fame Inducts 2016 Class
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted five individuals and honored two engineering projects during a recent ceremony at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa in Mobile.
UA Researchers’ Award-Winning Book Shares Strategies for Transforming Shoppers into Buyers
Two University of Alabama faculty members and a student who co-authored a book that explores how in-store and online shopping can meld to create a better experience for consumers were recently awarded the 2016 Axiom Book Award.
UA Matters: Helping Children Connect with Nature
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer offers some ideas that may help connect your child with nature.
UA Honored by Arbor Day Foundation with Tree Campus USA Recognition
The University of Alabama was recently honored with 2015 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
Student-Cadets at UA Receive Air Force Reserve Officer Corps Scholarships
A number of student-cadets at The University of Alabama were recently awarded scholarships from the Air Force Reserve Officer Corps.