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Malone-Hood Plaza, Autherine Lucy Clock Tower at UA’s Foster Auditorium to be Dedicated Nov. 3

The University of Alabama will pay tribute to Autherine Lucy Foster, James Hood and the late Vivian Malone Jones, the three African-American students whose enrollment represented UA’s first steps toward desegregation, at the dedication of the Malone-Hood Plaza and Autherine Lucy Clock Tower at historic Foster Auditorium on Nov. 3.

UA in the News: October 9-11, 2010

Sparks kicks off UA’s Cuba Week – UA offers tours of Bryant-Denny – Annual “Beat Auburn-Beat Hunger” fundraiser kicks off today – Expert commentary on political ads – Miss Corolla Pageant – UA events – and more…

Alabama Business Hall of Fame at UA to Induct Four

Four of the state’s leading business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct.14 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

UA in the News: October 7, 2010

UA grad school enrollment rises – Doctoral programs rank high in survey – Speech team hopes to advance in competition – Native American Festival under way at Moundville – Photography exhibit offers rare look at Cuba – Prothro to be 2010 grand marshal at UA homecoming parade – Students learn, grow together in living learning communities – Driving simulation eye-opening for students – and more…

NSF Awards Grant to UA Art Professors to Explore Emergent Learning

A trio of University of Alabama art professors have secured a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to find new ways to create a “system” that will foster creativity among a large group of students participating in an online class.

UA in the News: September 30, 2010

UA fraternity volunteers at Matthews Elementary – UA ticket office gives advice about how to spot a counterfeit ticket – UA faculty/staff offer expert commentary on extended health care for college students, smoking cessation programs – Sorority holds forum on literacy – Program provides student parents with sitters – and more…

UA in the News: September 28, 2010

UA faculty provide expert commentary on Hyundai recall, proration, recent survey on religion, West Alabama health statistics

UA Doctoral Programs Rank High in Student Support, Outcomes

Twelve University of Alabama doctoral programs rank high nationally for student support and outcomes in the 2010 National Research Council rankings announced today.

Historian Discusses Mexican Nationalism in Lecture at UA

Dr. William H. Beezley, professor of history at the University of Arizona, will deliver the lecture “Indians, Intellectuals, Anthropologists and Calendar Girls: Jose Vasconcelos and Mexican Revolutionary Nationalism” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, in 140 Bidgood Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s Cuba Week Begins with Keynote Address by Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks

The University of Alabama will kick off Cuba Week Sunday, Oct. 10 with a keynote address by State Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks on “The Importance of the Alabama-Cuba Relationship” at 5 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center’s Sellers Auditorium.