The psychology department at The University of Alabama is seeking volunteers to take part in a research study involving self-help treatment for depression. Qualified volunteers will receive free treatment as part of the research project.
The Office of University Relations at The University of Alabama won seven awards for media relations work, publications and television spots in the annual awards competition sponsored by District III of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE is a national association of college and university public relations, advancement and alumni affairs professionals. District III encompasses nine Southeastern states. The awards were presented recently at CASE District III’s conference in Atlanta.
The University of Alabama Museum of Natural History has added four new “Wooly Workshops” to its programs, extending the popular series even after the companion fiber art exhibit, “Save the Sheep,” leaves UA’s Smith Hall on March 13.
Dr. Robert W. Ingram has been named director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, effective July 7, according to Dr. J. Barry Mason, dean of UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation has named a University of Alabama biology professor a Basil O’Connor Scholar for his research related to children born with a “smooth-brain disease.”
Poet Jane Hirshfield will read from her work on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m., in the Morgan Hall auditorium on The University of Alabama campus, as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
The department of journalism at The University of Alabama will present novelist and jazz critic Albert Murray with this year’s Clarence Cason Writing Award during an awards banquet on Thursday, March 15.
Students in 6th through 12th grades have a chance to experience a slice of college life at The University of Alabama’s Capstone Camp this summer.
The Greater Birmingham Chapter of the Capstone Engineering Society of The University of Alabama College of Engineering will hold the inaugural CES Golf Tournament on Thursday, March 15, at the Tannehill National Golf Course in Birmingham, beginning at 11 a.m.
E. Robert Loomis, long-time professor of English at The University of Alabama, died Monday, Feb.19 at his home after an extended illness. He was 73.