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Trustees approve academic programs

Amanda Peterson February 7, 2010

The UA System Board of Trustees approved additional expansions for the University outside of just on-campus construction. UA professors and administrators will help start academic programs across the...

Research and Creative Activity Conference offers cash prize

Hannah Mask February 7, 2010

The University is holding its annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference on April 15 at the Bryant Conference Center, according to a UA news release. All undergraduate students are...

Spring II courses available to enroll

William Evans February 7, 2010

Students with a slim course schedule can take advantage of the new Spring II semester option accessible on the MyBama Web site. Spring II enables students to enroll in courses that last for 10 weeks,...

Senate discusses code of laws, minimester awareness

William Evans February 7, 2010

The SGA Senate convened in an environmentally friendly manner Thursday night as they began this semester’s first paperless meeting. With the minutes and resolutions projected on a television in the Ferguson...

UA and Kansas students exchange poetry, ideas

Patty Vaughan February 7, 2010

Twelve students from UA and the University of Kansas participated in a poetry and community exchange where they not only experienced new writings, but new cultures. Joseph Wood, an English department...

Doctor to visit students at UA

CW Staff February 7, 2010

Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm, founder of the University of Alabama Birmingham Transplant Program, as well as the first surgeon to perform a transplant of any kind in the state, will speak at the eighth annual...

Groups work to preserve Bryce campus

Taylor Holland February 7, 2010

Now that the University of Alabama owns Bryce Hospital and the property surrounding it, the question of how to best preserve, honor and use it is currently under discussion. In his State of the University...

Trustees approve campus construction

Amanda Peterson February 7, 2010

The campus skyline will lose a landmark. Plans have begun to bring down the smokestack by B.B. Comer Hall. The physical properties committee of the UA System Board of Trustees voted Thursday to allow...

Literacy awareness campaign kicks off on campus

Literacy awareness campaign kicks off on campus

CW Staff February 5, 2010

According to a National Endowment for the Arts survey, fewer than half of American adults read literature. However, a new campaign from the NEA aims to improve this deficiency. “The Big Read: Alabama...

Speech at UA ponders sexuality in blues

Cate Kennedy February 4, 2010

The Wednesday installment of the Brown Bag Lunch Series, Bebe Barefoot’s lecture “Singing the Sexual/Textual Blues,” combined discourse on the outright sexuality exhibited by the performers of blues...

Barefoot discusses blues’ lyrics sung by female artists

Cate Kennedy February 3, 2010

In conjunction with African-American Heritage Month, the Brown Bag Lecture Series will feature an exploration and discussion of traditional blues songs performed by 20th century black female singers. ...

SGA breaks spending rule for trip

Alan Blinder January 21, 2010

A Student Government Association official admitted Wednesday that SGA leaders broke student government spending rules by paying more than $4,700 for five students – including four SGA leaders – to...