MONDAY, APRIL 3 – SUNDAY, APRIL 9
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TAPPING ON THE MOUND — UA will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week, April 3-7, culminating in the Tapping on the Mound ceremony on Honors Day. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad. The rain location will be the Moody Music Building Concert Hall. University honoraries Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Blue Key National Honor Society and Anderson Society will induct members. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, in media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
KULVAX WINS $50,000 BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION – Three UA undergraduate students are taking the next step in changing how life-saving medicines are transported after winning the $50,000 grand prize at the Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition Thursday at UA. Business majors Andrew Johnson and Grant Becker, and engineering major Kyle Pecot are the founders of KuLVAX, a start-up company that has created a more efficient cooling process for the transportation of life-saving vaccines, particularly important in developing countries that have unreliable access to ice and electricity. KuLVAX will now pursue a patent for its cartridge that mixes ammonium nitrate and water. They will also use some of their winnings to develop a prototype. The students are available for media interviews Monday after 11:30 a.m. and Tuesday after 1:30 p.m. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
EASTER EGG HUNT — The Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its annual Easter egg hunt for the Tuscaloosa community at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9, on the front lawn of the President’s Mansion. The event is organized for children 12 and younger and is free to the public. The hunt will last until 4 p.m. or until the last egg is found. The event will include refreshments by Bama Dining, candy-filled eggs for the children to hunt and photos with the Easter bunny. The eggs will be provided and stuffed by sorority women organized through the APA Junior Panhellenic Delegate program. The hunt will be canceled in case of inclement weather. Visitors are asked not to park in the lot behind the President’s Mansion. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecome@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
FACULTY RESEARCH DAY SET FOR WEDNESDAY – Members of UA’s faculty will be honored for their research contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day. As part of the celebration, 16 of the faculty were chosen as finalists for the President’s Faculty Research Award, and six winners will be announced at a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, in the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus. Sponsored by the offices of the President and Vice President for Research and Economic Development, the award goes to outstanding faculty researchers from across UA’s Colleges and Schools. The winners will be a senior and junior investigator from each of three groupings: physical and biological sciences, mathematics and engineering; social and behavioral sciences; and arts and humanities. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, 205/348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
EVENTS
EXHIBIT AT TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM FEATURES LOCOMOTIVE IMAGERY — Trains and locomotives will be featured in the UA Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum’s newest exhibit. Opening April 4, “Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden” features a stunning collection of 30 framed black and white photographs of a variety of different trains and locomotives spanning several decades and all taken by the same photographer across the United States and Canada. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
ANNUAL SPRING FASHION SHOW COMBINES CREATIVITY, SUSTAINABILITY — T-Time Fashion Show, slated for Tuesday, April 18, is an annual spring fashion show that focuses on sustainable design for students in the College of Human Environmental Sciences’ department of clothing, textiles and interior design. Students will create one or two looks that focus on a mix of sustainable design using alternative materials or knit jersey fabrics. The event begins at 6 p.m. on the front lawn of Doster Hall on UA’s campus. Donations will be taken to help cover the cost of producing the event; the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
GRAD STUDENTS TO COMPETE FOR TRAVEL AWARDS — More than 100 graduate students representing five colleges and schools will participate in the Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, an annual research showcase open to UA students from all disciplines, both on and off campus. The UA Graduate School and the educational studies department issued more than $3,000 in travel awards last spring. Students use the travel awards to fund trips to national and international conferences, where they can present their research. The 2017 ESPRMC Graduate Research Symposium will be held Thursday, April 13, in Graves Hall. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.