UA’s Library Annex will Ease Storage Woes
An open house for the newly completed University of Alabama Library Annex will be held on Wednesday, April 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Scholarship, Leadership Recognized at UA’s Annual Honors Week
The University of Alabama honored its top students of 2002-2003 for their scholarship and leadership today during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony on the Mound, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 14-18.
UA College of Engineering Fuel-Cell Auxiliary Power Unit Project Wins Award
A truck mounted fuel-cell auxiliary power unit, developed by The University of Alabama College of Engineering in a partnership with the U.S. Army TACOM National Automotive Center, Ballard Power Systems, and Freightliner LLC, recently was awarded the Automotive Engineering International Tech 2003 Award for being one of the top technologies on display at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ World Congress in Detroit, Mich.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Keynote UA’s ‘Opening Doors’ Commemoration; Program to Benefit Scholarships
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give the keynote address at The University of Alabama’s commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at the University this June. Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., was a key player in the desegregation of the University as U.S. Attorney General in 1963.
Watch the Planets with UA’s Astronomy Public Nights
Think there’s life on other planets? The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will give viewers a chance to decide for themselves during a free public sky viewing of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn on Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m.
UA Astronomy Professor’s New Book is of Interest to Stargazers and Students Alike
Dr. William Keel, professor of astronomy in The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy, recently published a book “The Road to Galaxy Formation,” that will be of use to those who love to look at the stars, as well as undergraduate and beginning graduate students.
President Witt to Meet with UA Students
University of Alabama students will have an opportunity to bring their questions, suggestions and concerns to new UA President Robert E. Witt at an “open hours” session Wednesday, April 16, from 11 a.m. until noon in the Ferguson Center food court.
Largest Antiquities Theft in History of the South to be Revealed at UA Museum Talk, Reception
The Alabama Museum of Natural History at The University of Alabama will host a free reception and talk on the unsolved artifact heist of nearly 270 Native American vessels, Tuesday, April 22, at 5 p.m. in room 205 Smith Hall, located on 6th Avenue of the UA campus.
UA College of Engineering Student Awarded Alcoa Foundation Scholarship
University of Alabama College of Engineering graduate student Shunta Garrett, of Springville, recently received the Alcoa Foundation Scholars grant.
UA College of Engineering Student Selected to Participate in NASA Summer Research Program
University of Alabama College of Engineering senior Rob Davis has been selected to participate in this summer’s NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.