The University of Alabama’s winter commencement ceremony, held today, included Crimson Tide quarterback Andrew Zow, who received his bachelor’s degree in sports management from the Capstone.
Each summer, some of America’s best and brightest students spend 10 weeks at The University of Alabama, taking part in intensive undergraduate research programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
A strong challenger facing an incumbent governor — combined with a couple of hot-button issues — is normally enough to create widespread voter interest, but a University of Alabama professor emeritus says not even that likely combination will be enough to get people to take a keen interest in the 2002 Alabama governor’s race.
Unless things get better in a hurry, the number of disabled people in Alabama is going to increase next year and in the foreseeable future, says Annette Jones Watters, manager of the Alabama State Data Center and assistant director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama.
A backlash against anti-terrorism legislation passed following the Sept. 11 attacks will grow in 2002 leading to a fierce struggle over civil liberty issues, predicts a University of Alabama telecommunication expert.
The September terrorist attacks will continue to have an impact on American travelers throughout the coming year — we may begin to go places at nearly the same rates as before, but not with our previous sense of security, predicts a University of Alabama travel researcher.
Among all the aftershocks of the Sept. 11 attack on U.S. soil, one will be felt in the military science and ROTC programs, says a University of Alabama Army ROTC officer and military science expert.
For years, teleconferencing, video and e-mail have been pushed from the perspective of cost and efficiency. But following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, those business communications methods will be used for safety and as a way to avoid long distance travel, say Dr. Ronald Dulek, head of the management and marketing department and Dr. Chad Hilton, director of International Business Programs, both at The University of Alabama.
In 2002, Alabama will fail to resolve the tax problem currently facing this state, resulting in further budget cuts in K-12 education and higher education, predicts Dr. John Dolly, dean of the University of Alabama College of Education.
The forecast for 2002 calls for a slight improvement in the state economy, according to Dr. Carl Ferguson, associate dean for research and director of The University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.