The GRCA Green Progress Report, compiled by the nonprofit Green Resource Center for Alabama, highlights some of the year’s important developments toward making Alabama a greener place to live, work and play.
Knovel, a leading provider of web-based applications integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, presents students the opportunity to use Knovel’s online technical references and interactive tools to correctly answer three questions across multiple engineering disciplines in order to be entered into a random drawing for prizes (an iPad, cash, and other cool stuff). [...]
On Thursday, November 11, Donna Kirking, Senior Product Trainer for Research Software, will be at UAB to present a series of hands-on training sessions on using EndNote. Most beginners should sign up for the morning sessions only. All classes will be held in the electronic classroom at Lister Hill Library. Schedule for EndNote Training * [...]
The National Science Board (NSB) Public Service Award honors individuals who and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States. These contributions may be in a wide variety of areas that have the potential of contributing to public understanding of and appreciation for science and [...]
The Vannevar Bush Award honors truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy. The award was established in 1980 in the memory of Vannevar Bush, who served as a science advisor to President Franklin [...]
National Library Week 12-16 Apr 2010 Come join Sterne Library for a celebration of libraries, library workers, and library users during National Library Week! All Week Write on the wall – come and write advice to other students about using the library on our construction temporary wall. Graffiti some good tips! Enter for drawings on [...]
Send or receive faxes in the UAB CampusCard Office (Room 158 of the Hill University Center) and pay for them with BlazerBucks. Add funds to your BlazerBucks account at the CampusCard office, online at the CampusCard home page, and at any BlazerBucks Value Transfer Station (located in the Hill University Center, and in Sterne and [...]
Download ASCE Research Library NOW! — a free desktop application that allows you to search ASCE’s comprehensive catalog of civil engineering resources right from your computer desktop. Find the information you need: search the complete ASCE Research Library of over 500,000 pages of civil engineering content — including 31 ASCE journals and more than 170 [...]
The week of 7-11 Dec 2009, Sterne Library will support the annual Toys for Tots drive by serving as a drop-off point where students and employees may bring their donations. We are also offering to waive overdue fines up to $25 per person for patrons who bring in a toy along with their overdue books. [...]
NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test experiments in microgravity aboard NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft. The opportunity is part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program, which gives aspiring explorers a chance to propose, design, and fabricate a reduced-gravity experiment. Selected teams will test and evaluate their experiment aboard NASA’s reduced-gravity airplane. The [...]