Six Honored as UA Distinguished Engineering Fellows

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2002 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.

University Programs Announces Premiere of Survivor on the Quad Documentary

Commemorating the one-year anniversary of The University of Alabama’s Survivor on the Quad, University Programs has announced the first public screening of the event’s documentary on May 1 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater.

Target Donates $5,000 to UA Career Center

Representatives of the Tuscaloosa Target store were recently on The University of Alabama campus to present a $5,000 donation to the UA Career Center to be used for a satellite office in the College of Commerce and Business Administration (C&BA).

UA’s Gary April Receives Sullivan Award

Dr. Gary April, head of the chemical engineering department in The University of Alabama College of Engineering and a distinguished University Research Professor, recently received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.

Alabama Scholastic Press Association Recognizes Outstanding High School Journalists and Advisers

The Alabama Scholastic Press Association named the first-ever J.B. Stevenson Scholarship Award recipient to the 2002 Alabama High School Journalist of the Year at its recent state convention.

UA Marine Scientist Appointed to Chair Subcommittee Studying Mercury in the Gulf

A University of Alabama professor of biological sciences in the marine science program has been appointed to chair a U.S. Department of Interior-assembled subcommittee that will evaluate the controversial issues surrounding mercury contamination in the Gulf of Mexico.

UA Engineering Student Awarded Fellowship

Walter Dale Vickery, a senior in chemical engineering at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a Graduate Council Fellowship to study at the UA graduate school after receiving his bachelor’s degree in May.

UA Psychologist Appointed to NIH Nursing Research Advisory Council

A University of Alabama psychologist has been appointed to the national advisory council of the National Institute of Nursing Research, a part of the National Institutes of Health.

UA Hoole Library to Host Book Arts Exhibition

A thesis exhibition by Paul Moxon at The University of Alabama will run from April 25-July 26 in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library on the 2nd floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, 500 Hackberry Lane, on campus.

UA to Hold Book Signing for Alabama Author Robert Inman

Alabama author Robert Inman will sign copies of his new book, “Captain Saturday,” at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library in Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on The University of Alabama campus Monday, April 29, from 4-6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.