UA Provides Speech Therapy to Black Belt Preschoolers
For more than 20 years, the UA has provided speech, hearing and language therapy services for some preschool children attending Sumter County’s Head Start program.
UA Student Receives ASME Scholarship
The Birmingham chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers named Meredith Raybon, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, the recipient of a William B. Sanford Memorial Scholarship.
UA Student Honored at Annual ROTC Awards Ceremony
University of Alabama ROTC student Cadet Jacob Z. Baker of Fayetteville, Ga., received the SAR Outstanding Medal and a certificate for his leadership qualities, military and academic excellence at the annual ROTC/JROTC Awards Ceremony held in Tuscaloosa last month.
UA Professor’s Book Wins Douglas Southall Freeman History Award
A University of Alabama history professor’s acclaimed book about the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg has won the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award.
UA Engineering Students Receive the IIE Award of Excellence
Recent University of Alabama industrial engineering graduates Tonita Romero and Kayla Erwin placed second and third, respectively, for the Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Award for Excellence.
UA Students Study Systems Maintenance on NASA’s Reduced Gravity Flight
A group of University of Alabama engineering students recently conducted a series of experiments designed to help in the maintenance of the International Space Station’s systems. The group also experienced what few people ever will — weightlessness.
Essays and Art ‘Open Doors’ for a New Generation Through UA’s 40th Anniversary Commemoration
Tuscaloosa middle school and high school students enrolled in public and private schools in both the city and the county were invited to write essays and create art projects using the theme “Opening Doors” and how the events of June 1963 helped provide opportunities for others.
UA College of Engineering Professor Elected President of ISOES
Dr. Paul S. Ray, associate professor of industrial engineering at The University of Alabama College of Engineering, recently was elected as president of the International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety.
Truck with Prototype Fuel Cell Visits UA
A heavy-duty highway tractor truck equipped with a first-of-its-kind fuel-cell auxiliary power unit (APU), which is designed to reduce diesel fuel consumption and emissions, recently made a stop at the UA College of Engineering.
Op-Ed — The Governor’s Proposal: A First Step in Alabama’s Journey to Fair Taxes
More than a century after Alabama’s 1901 Constitution created a tax structure that oppresses our most dispossessed, we have finally been offered a first step — a solid single that clearly gets us on first base — towards real tax reform in Alabama. On May 20, 2003, Governor Bob Riley unveiled a comprehensive tax and accountability plan because “we have no other choice.”