UA College of Human Environmental Sciences Names Outstanding Alumni
The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences and the Home Economics Society have announced the winners of their outstanding alumni awards.
Alabama Productivity Center to Serve as Model
Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Gulf Region director of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, will visit The University of Alabama’s Alabama Productivity Center on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Parsaei’s goal is to take what he will learn about the design of the APC and apply it to the Houston-based center that he leads.
UA Museum to Display Giant Water Reptile’s 80-Million-Year-Old Bones
Fossilized remains of an 80-million-year-old gigantic water reptile, found in Greene County, will be publicly displayed for the first time at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus, beginning Monday evening, March 4.
UA to Host Hip Hop Summit 2002 on Thursday, Feb. 28
The University of Alabama Office of Community Service and Volunteerism will host Hip Hop Summit 2002 on Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Ferguson Center to help students, faculty, parents and members of the Tuscaloosa community understand the cultural value and impact of the Hip Hop movement.
UA Announces Premier Award Recipients
The University of Alabama has announced the top individual award recipients for scholarship, leadership and service to the University for 2002.
Candidates Sought for UA/DHR M.S.W. Program in Mobile
The University of Alabama School of Social Work is still accepting applications to its Mobile-based Masters of Social Work (M.S.W.) Program.
Research Improves Speech-Impaired Children’s Reading
Dr. Sandy Laing, assistant professor of communicative disorders, and her research partners wanted to determine if speech and language-impaired preschoolers would have a less difficult time learning to read if they developed phonemic awareness skills.
UA Law Professor Publishes Book on Tulsa Race Riot
University of Alabama Law Professor Alfred L. Brophy has published an important book on one of America’s most destructive race riots. Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921–Race, Reparations, Reconciliation, from Oxford University Press, chronicles the riot as well as provides a legal perspective on culpability and responsibility for damages.
Cason Award to Honor Wayne Flynt; Hodding Carter to Headline Symposium
Acclaimed historian and social activist Dr. Wayne Flynt will be honored with The University of Alabama journalism department’s 2002 Clarence Cason Writing Award at a banquet on Wednesday, March 13.
UA’s 16th Annual Sakura Festival Focuses on Culture of Japan
The 16th annual Sakura (cherry blossom) Festival, a celebration of Japanese culture and friendship, is scheduled for March 1-April 11.