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March 2016 Dates and Deadlines

March 9, 2016

March 4: Graduation degree application deadline: Seniors must submit their degree application online through myBama. The graduation application is located in the student services section under the student tab. March 11: Doctoral Regalia priority deadline: Deadline to rent or purchase doctoral gowns. Sizing and availability can’t be guaranteed after this date. Purchase at the SUPe Store in the Ferguson center or online through the SUPe Store’s website here. March 11 – March 18: Classes dismissed for spring holidays beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, […]

Exhibition Emphasizes Handmade Artwork

January 4, 2016

The new installation of Wellness Walls for Art, More Quilting, Carving, and Printing Too!, features the combined themes of quilting, carving and printmaking with new work from the West Alabama Quilters Guild, poster artist Isadora Bullock and selected letterpress posters by Amos Kennedy. The exhibition runs through January 14, 2016, at the University Medical Center, which is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Curator Deborah Hughes emphasizes the essential handmade aspect of the works in the exhibition: […]

Biologist, alumnus receives 2016 Harper Lee Award

December 17, 2015

Noted biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has been selected to receive the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2016. The award is made to a living, nationally recognized Alabama writer who has made a significant, lifelong contribution to Alabama letters. Wilson will receive the honor during the Awards Dinner at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, Alabama, on March 31, 2016. “Although—perhaps because—I’m primarily a scientist, I’m doubly honored to receive […]

Walk this May!

December 2, 2015

Planning to graduate this spring? Here’s what you need to do now to make it happen. The most important thing to know about graduation is this: You have to apply for it. Completing the online degree application is easy — just log in to myBama, select the Graduation APP icon from the Student Services panel, and submit your application. We advise students to apply for graduation the semester before they want to graduate — or early in the semester of graduation, at […]

All About A&S

October 7, 2015

As UA’s largest academic division, the College of Arts and Sciences is home to 22 unique departments that offer programs of study spanning the arts, sciences, and social sciences. Throughout the 2015–16 academic year, we’ll cover each department’s accomplishments, programs, and events. We’ll spend one week on each department before moving on to the next (but the posts will remain, of course, in case you miss one). Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for faculty spotlights, department highlights, and a chance […]

Express Advising for Spring 2016

September 23, 2015

Who should sign up for Express Advising: Express advising sessions are for students who have done preliminary planning for their spring schedule. This includes reviewing the course selections offered for the next semester, using Degree Works to identify courses needed for core, major or minor, and creating a plan using the Degree Works planner. During the express session students will have an opportunity to meet one on one with an advisor to have their courses approved and their advising hold […]

“Year of Utopia” Kicks Off at UA

September 4, 2015

The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s book “Utopia,” which told the tale of an ideal island of the same name, with a yearlong series of events that will include themed lectures and courses. Dr. Michael Mendle, professor emeritus of history at UA, will kick off the “Year of Utopia” series with an introduction to the book and the “Year of Utopia” Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. in room […]

Cause of Alabama Quakes Remains Unexplained

July 7, 2015

From the July 2015 Desktop News | Since November 2014, 15 earthquakes have occurred in Alabama’s Greene County, located just southwest of Tuscaloosa County. This outbreak of seismic activity has local geologists stumped, with no clear cause in sight. The Geological Survey of Alabama has released a news report with the latest information on the earthquakes, informing the public that these earthquakes have not been powerful, topping out at a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale. “None of them […]

Jones Gallery to Display Newly Acquired Works

June 16, 2015

A small sampling from more than 400 pieces of art that were recently acquired by The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences will be displayed at the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa beginning June 22. The pieces are part of the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art and were recently received as part of an estate gift of more than 2,100 works from the late Paul R. Jones of Atlanta. The collection is […]

Cool Books for Hot Days

June 1, 2015

Our annual summer reading list includes 10 books by College faculty and the latest by distinguished scientist and UA alumnus Dr. Edward O. Wilson. Martin Luther King Jr., Heroism, and African American Literature, by Trudier Harris The heroes in African American life and literature don’t necessarily have to be moral or immoral, good or bad, so long as they work toward the good of the community. English professor Dr. Trudier Harris asserts that Martin Luther King Jr. fits within this heroic tradition, […]

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