MONDAY, JUNE 12 – SUNDAY, JUNE 18
This week at The University of Alabama: Solar technology selected for national contest –– Summertide Theatre Continues – Literacy camp in Marion – NASA fellowships.
RESEARCH
SOLAR TECHNOLOGY SELECTED FOR NATIONAL START-UP CONTEST – Technology developed at UA and aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications was selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, at 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
BEST BETS
NASA FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose Benenati, a graduate student in aerospace engineering and mechanics from Lilburn, Georgia; and Dylan Christian Ullery, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering from Tuscaloosa. The graduate fellowships are funded jointly through the ASGC and the UA Office for Research and Economic Development. The UA office provided fellowship matching for a total of $37,000. Details: Find out more here or contact Alana Norris, engineering communications, 205/348-8644, anorris@eng.ua.edu,
SUMMERTIDE THEATRE – UA’s professional summer theatre is performing “Smoke on the Mountain, “a musical set in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains, through Friday, June 30, at the George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center in Gulf Shores. The show depicts the Sanders family as they return to performing after a five-year break. Tickets are available at SummerTide.org or by calling the box office at 251/968.6721. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children 12 and younger. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, media relations, richard.lecomte@ua.edu or 205-348-3782.
LITERACY CAMP IN MARION — Students and staff from UA’s Honors College, along with volunteers from First Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa and community members in Marion, are holding Camp Literacy from Monday, June 12, to Friday, June 23, at Francis Marion School in Marion. The camp will serve 30 rising second- and third-graders. The camp will reinforce literacy skills and practice through the study of the students’ hometowns. Camp Literacy builds on the Honors College’s nine-year partnership with Marion and the College’s 57 Miles initiative. For more information, contact Vicki Holt, UA Honors College, at vsholt@ua.edu or 205/348-5550 or Richard LeComte, media relations, richard.lecomte@ua.edu or 205/348-3782.