Birmingham Area Residents Among UA Graduates
The University of Alabama awarded some 2,250 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Friday, May 17, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
Transportation Center Receives $2 Million Grant
The University Transportation Center for Alabama is one of 10 from around the nation recently chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to receive additional funding under a program to promote transportation education and research. The center will receive $1 million a year for two years.
UA Professor Says Gubernatorial Candidates will Emerge from Primaries so Weakened Negativity Apt to Continue
Dr. Karen Cartee, professor of advertising and public relations at The University of Alabama, says the negative campaign ads that currently are running on television for the governor’s race primaries will continue.
UA’s Spring Commencement Marks Sorensen’s Last Public Speech as UA President
Dr. Andrew Sorensen gave his last public speech as president of The University of Alabama during the Capstone’s spring commencement ceremonies, held today on the UA campus.
Tuscaloosa Area Residents Among UA Graduates
The University of Alabama awarded some 2,250 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Friday, May 17, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
UA Students Receive Intermark Scholarships
University of Alabama students Kristina Marie West of Tuscaloosa and James Butler Myers of Mobile will receive the Intermark/Myatt Harvill Endowed Scholarship for the 2002-2003 academic year.
Economic Professor’s Research Gauges Impact of Boeing Ground-Based Missile Defense Project
Boeing Company’s Ground-Based Missile Defense (GMD) program in North Alabama is expected to produce an average of 5,141 jobs per year between 1998 and 2007, with a corresponding increase in disposable income, according to research done by Dr. John P. Formby, James Patrick and Elizabeth Brannon Hayes Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
UA Professor Travels to Tibet and India on Fellowship
Dr. Kurtis Schaeffer, an assistant professor of Asian religious studies at The University of Alabama and a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, recently was chosen as one of 15 recipients in the inaugural national competition for the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship.
UA English Honor Society Students Win Scholarships at National Conference
Sixteen members of The University of Alabama chapter of Sigma Tau Delta recently participated in the 2002 Convention of the International English Honor Society in Boise, Idaho.
Media Advisory — UA’s Spring Commencement Exercises
Friday, May 17, 2002, Coleman Coliseum