The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a University of Alabama aging expert a $550,000 grant to study a method of reducing agitation among nursing home residents suffering from dementia. The study is a collaborative project with the Center for Aging at UAB.
While the number of women scientists and engineers has certainly increased since the late 1970s, when Dr. Margaret Johnson was an undergraduate student, it has been a slow change.
The University of Alabama department of political science will hold a panel discussion on the outcomes of the 2002 midterm elections on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall, room 257.
Renewed excavation efforts at the site of a Native American council house, first discovered by a University of Alabama archaeological team in 2001, have revealed it is the largest such structure ever found in the Southeast, says the UA anthropology professor leading the excavation.
For part of their senior-level design course, nine mechanical engineering student teams at The University of Alabama have been designing and building devices to help children with spina bifida get into and out of their wheelchairs and bathtubs.
The University of Alabama will host a variety of interesting events on campus during International Education Week, Nov. 18-22.
A group of health care professionals, including six people affiliated with The University of Alabama’s Capstone Rural Health Center, will begin staffing a temporary nursing station today in Carbon Hill to treat storm victims and members of the clean-up crews.
Additional funding for the partnership between The University of Alabama and Holt High School in Tuscaloosa, to be announced Wednesday, Nov. 13, will bring their total funding to nearly $2 million dollars.
The University of Alabama Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity recently won the Lion Trophy for its commitment to scholarship, community service, chapter improvement and alumni relations. The Lion Trophy is an international award given to the outstanding DKE chapter.
Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, will receive the prestigious Year 2002 Virginia B. Smith Innovative Leadership Award on Nov. 9, 2002 at ceremonies in Washington, D.C.