Announcements

UA’s Hands on Tuscaloosa Event will Promote Leadership Development through Community Service

The University of Alabama Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism and the Office of Student Leadership are partnering to host Hands on Tuscaloosa, a day-long student community service and leadership development event Saturday, Feb. 28. Hands on Tuscaloosa will begin with the UA LEADS: Leadership, Education, Action and Diversity Summit at 8 a.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on campus. The summit will bring together UA students, faculty and staff to participate in educational sessions and hear keynote speakers.

Holle Screenwriting Award Seeks UA Student Screenwriters

The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences will award one aspiring screenwriter $10,000 during the spring 2015 semester through the Holle Screenwriting Award.

UA’s Moundville Park Trains New Volunteers for Multiple Opportunities

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park is hosting a volunteer training session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21.

UA Establishes Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved today the establishment of the Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship at UA.

Fish Expert, UA Professor Emeritus Herbert Boschung Dies

Dr. Herbert T. Boschung, professor emeritus of biology at The University of Alabama, died Thursday, Feb. 5 at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He was 89.

UA School of Social Work Opens Buford Award Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted by The University of Alabama School of Social Work for the 2015 Buford Peace Award.

UA Professor Emeritus Emmett Parker Dies

Dr. Samuel Emmett Parker, professor emeritus of French at The University of Alabama, died Wednesday, Jan. 28 in Tuscaloosa.

UA Hosts MacArthur ‘Genius’ Musician Anthony Braxton

The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series presents legendary musician and composer Anthony Braxton in a week-long concert series and residency Feb. 6-27.

UA Celebrates 2015 African-American Heritage Month with Tours, Events

The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center invites the UA campus and community to participate in events throughout February during African-American Heritage Month. This year’s campus events are held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

$3 Million Gift to UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce to Provide a New Curriculum in Value Investing

A $3 million gift to The University of Alabama positions the Culverhouse College of Commerce to become the first business school in the nation to offer a value investing specialization at both the undergraduate and graduate level.