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Object X series to incorporate ‘infinite perspectives’

Tori Linville February 25, 2013

Object X, a new discussion series that features speakers from different UA departments all focusing on a single random object, is to be held on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in Smith Hall Room 205. The first Object...

School of Social Work plans to install virtual reality lab

Mark Hammontree February 25, 2013

The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work will soon install a virtual reality research lab, only the third of its kind in the country. The lab will allow UA researchers to perform research,...

Despite lack of contestation, candidates take race seriously

Taylor Veazey February 25, 2013

This year’s SGA election campaigns, which began today, will look different than most because of new campaign rules and six out of seven uncontested races for an executive office. Kelli Knox-Hall,...

UA International Relations Club hosts ALMUN conference

Morgan Reames February 25, 2013

This weekend, high school students debated in Lloyd Hall on how they would handle a zombie apocalypse if they were the United Nations during the Alabama Model United Nations Conference. “They decide...

Reading into the numbers: UA touts percentage of black faculty; overall diversity lower

CW Staff February 25, 2013

By Ashanka Kumari and Stephen N. Dethrage To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the integration of The University of Alabama, the University created Through the Doors, a website that catalogues the past...

Fruit flies playing key role in medical research

Fruit flies playing key role in medical research

Ellen Coogan February 21, 2013

When working with fruit flies, assistant biology professor Laura Reed looks for a genetic mechanism behind metabolic syndrome, which is predictive of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. “Basically,...

Student organization to host 5k to raise scholarship funds

Krystina Pederson February 21, 2013

The Tuscaloosa Dietetic Association and the Student Dietetic Association will host the sixth annual 5k run to kick off national nutrition month. The race is Saturday Feb. 23 at The University of Alabama...

Spectrum hosts Southeastern Student Leadership Conference

Jessica Smith February 21, 2013

The largest LGBTQ conference in the southeast is coming to Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24. Spectrum is hosting the Southeastern LGBTQ Student Leadership Conference, which strives...

UA dance marathon planning bigger and better event

Ashley Tripp February 21, 2013

With the 2013 University of Alabama Dance Marathon quickly approaching, organizers are working to increase student and organization involvement with hope to mimic other schools’ DM events, some of which...

UA engineering students encouraged to find co-op

Samuel Yang February 21, 2013

Kayla Sinclair came to campus at 5:30 in the morning to get in line and found 300 people ahead of her. “I didn’t get to sign up until 9:30 or 10, and I was only able to sign up for one,” she said....

Bob Woodward of Washington Post to speak Friday

Bob Woodward of Washington Post to speak Friday

Justin Heck February 21, 2013

Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist famous for breaking the Watergate scandal in 1972, will speak on campus Friday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. Woodward, currently the associate editor at the Washington...

Few UA scholarships available for current students

Sarah Elizabeth Tooker February 21, 2013

Many University of Alabama students who did not receive incoming freshman scholarships experience the difficulties that come with trying to find financial aid after they arrive on campus, even with academic...