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World-renowned doctor to speak at symposium

World-renowned doctor to speak at symposium

Maura Bochte February 20, 2012

The annual Blackburn Institute Winter Symposium, which serves as a convention for numerous leaders in the state of Alabama and is the largest event the Blackburn Institute hosts, will take place Friday...

New Honors course partners students, city in reconstruction

Eric Yaron February 20, 2012

PlanFirst, a new Honors College service-learning course being launched this fall, is currently recruiting students interested in applying their academic disciplines to the reconstruction of Tuscaloosa...

Engineering Research Center provided with new lab space

Engineering Research Center provided with new lab space

William Evans February 20, 2012

New lab space devoted to electromechanical systems in the South Engineering Research Center will enable research not possible before in the College of Engineering, according to Tim Haskew, professor and...

Pi Beta Phi wins $2,000 for literacy philanthropy

Jessica Ruffin February 16, 2012

Pi Beta Phi sorority won $2,000 for their literacy philanthropy, First Book, after participating in a Belk department store contest called Belk Sorority Challenge. The contest took place on Oct. 20, 2011,...

Campus-wide smoking ban not realistic for UA

Campus-wide smoking ban not realistic for UA

Adam Greene February 16, 2012

Some SGA officials are looking to put a ban on smoking on campus. They cite a variety of reasons, from health concerns to the nuisance of smoking to the fact that it is damaging to the paint of many of...

Newly-created Bama Memes page floods Facebook

Newly-created Bama Memes page floods Facebook

Jordan Cissell February 16, 2012

As of Wednesday night, the Bama Memes Facebook page had more than 2,000 “likes.” However, by the time this sentence hits your retina, this tally will surely be an underestimation of the true number...

Bus service offers students access to downtown

Bus service offers students access to downtown

Briana Harris February 16, 2012

Starting tonight at 6 p.m., students won’t need a car to get from campus to downtown Tuscaloosa. Downtown Express is a new bus service that will transport students to and from campus and various downtown...

Alabama-Cuban Initiative celebrates 10 years

Rich Robinson February 16, 2012

A delegation of Alabama faculty traveled to Cuba last week to meet with academic collaborators in the island nation. The trip was part of the celebration of the 10th year anniversary of the Alabama-Cuban...

UA alumna Mignon Smith leaves philanthropic legacy

Melissa Brown February 15, 2012

Mignon Comer Smith, an Alabama philanthropist and heiress who established a scholarship foundation for Alabama high school students, died Friday at the age of 81. Smith, born in Birmingham in 1931, was...

Chi Omega to collect prom dresses

Caroline Collins February 15, 2012

Operation Prom Dress and Fashion, Inc., have teamed up to collect donated prom dresses to give to high school girls in the community that would not be able to afford them otherwise. For those who wish...

Alabama’s International Relations Club holds Model UN conference

Olivia Hodge February 15, 2012

The Alabama International Relations Club hosted their third Alabama Model United Nations conference last weekend on UA’s campus with more than 110 high school participants. “Model United Nations is...

Elect Her helps women run for student government

Jasmine Cannon February 14, 2012

The University was one of 30 schools chosen to be participants in this year’s Elect Her Initiative entitled Campus Women Win. This was the second year the University hosted the one-day training session....