Sixty teams of University of Alabama College of Engineering freshmen will participate in the BAMABOT Challenge in the Auxiliary Gym of Coleman Coliseum on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 5-6:30 p.m.
In America, the population age 65 and older is expected to double by 2030. At that rate, this group is projected to comprise 20 percent of the population while utilizing 50 percent of the nation’s health care resources.
Tom Bennett, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor and a national freedom of information leader, will give a lecture at The University of Alabama on Monday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in 216 Phifer Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The University of Alabama Art Students League will hold a silent auction called “Lights … Art … Auction!” on Dec. 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a preview from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Woods Hall Gallery on the UA campus.
Emmy Award-winning actress Sela Ward will return to her alma mater, The University of Alabama, on Friday, Dec. 6, to sign copies of her book “Homesick: A Memoir.”
Jennifer E. McGintis, a University of Alabama freshman from Chattanooga, Tenn., recently received the Presidential Freedom Scholarship.
Alpha Lambda Delta, a national academic honor society, recently awarded a Jo Anne Trow Scholarship of $1,000 to University of Alabama student Leah Parker of Birmingham (zip code 35226) for the 2002-2003 academic year.
The University of Alabama Chapter of Circle K International prepares to “light up” the Quad on Sunday, Dec. 8, with its annual luminaries ceremony.
Dr. Linda Olivet, professor emeritus in The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, was recently named winner of the 2002-2003 University Continuing Studies Education Association Region III Outstanding Education Faculty Award at the Region III meeting in Raleigh, N.C.
The University of Alabama International Honors Program will present “Understanding Islam,” a special forum on the origin and nature of Islam on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003.