Andy Duncan, assistant director of student media at The University of Alabama, was awarded the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction story of 2001. He was presented the award at the University of Kansas last month for “The Chief Designer.”
Monday, August 12, 2002, 9 a.m., Coleman Coliseum
Bonnie LaBresh, director of development for The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences (C&IS), has been awarded the 2002 Dr. Minnie C. Miles Endowed Excellence Award.
Mary Jo Modica, director of The University of Alabama Arboretum, joins 3-year-old John Foster and his brother Brady, 7, to check out what’s growing in the UA Arboretum Children’s Garden.
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on The University of Alabama campus will feature new acquisitions to the permanent collection in the exhibition Vue Deluxe: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The exhibition will run through Sept. 6.
A University of Alabama researcher has found a way to turn the state’s $420-million-ayear food stamp program into money for the University and save the state money at the same time.
Dr. Thomas E. Corts, president of Samford University, will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s summer commencement ceremony Monday, Aug. 12, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s most prestigious academic scholarships have been awarded to a select group of students for the 2002-2003 academic year.
More than 100 students from eight counties in Alabama, primarily around the Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas, have converged on the University of Alabama and Stillman College campuses to learn leadership in the Michael A. Figures Leadership Experience. The group will conclude with a luncheon on Wednesday, July 24.
The Solon and Martha Dixon Foundation has given “Discovering Alabama,” a public television series produced by the Alabama Museum of Natural History at The University of Alabama, a $100,000 gift.