The Jefferson, Blount, and Shelby Local Initiative, a project of the Jefferson County Health Department, has been awarded a $194,720 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help connect eligible uninsured children to free and low-cost health coverage in those counties, announced Tracy Carter, statewide project director for Covering Kids & Families, based at The University of Alabama.
The Governor’s Office on National and Community Service and the University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will host “Our Voice — An Initiative for Alabama’s Women” regional meeting at the University of Alabama Law School main lecture hall, room 187, Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m.-noon.
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.
The Student Media Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama recently inducted new members during an awards ceremony.
University of Alabama junior Betsy Kervin of Andalusia has been elected vice president for communication of the National Leadership Council of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).
The University of Alabama’s University Child Care Services (UCCS) was recently re-accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a prestigious recognition only achieved by 7 percent of early childhood programs nationwide.