While political incumbents generally have the most to lose in facing their opponent in a public debate, a University of Alabama political scientist who has written extensively on debates says the opposite may be true for the state’s two remaining gubernatorial candidates.
Donna I. Sorensen will be leaving The University of Alabama when her husband, UA President Andrew Sorensen, assumes the presidency of the University of South Carolina on July 1, but the indelible impression she has made on the University community in the last six years will grow for years to come. Sorensen will be honored by the University Libraries and the University community by the creation of a permanently endowed collection of library resources celebrating the contributions of Southern women.
A group of University of Alabama engineering students recently conducted a series of experiments on combustion that may one day help decrease America’s dependence on imported energy sources and the negative environmental impact of combustion. They also experienced what few people ever will — weightlessness.
The public is invited to a farewell reception for University of Alabama President and Mrs. Andrew Sorensen on Monday, June 10, from 4-6 p.m. in the Rast Room of the Bryant Conference Center.
Jon Chalmers has been named director of the Program for Rural Services and Research at The University of Alabama, according to Dr. Nancy Barrett, UA provost and vice president for academic affairs.