A total of 656 students enrolled during the summer 2003 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or above, or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0.
Even though emissions of particulate matter (PM) have decreased significantly since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970, there are still millions of people living and working in areas with PM concentrations well above the national standard. Researchers at The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham are leading efforts to understand the contribution of roadways in Birmingham to the amount of fine particles in the air.
West Alabama residents can receive a free depression screening offered at a University of Alabama clinic Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., as part of National Depression Screening Day.
University of Alabama senior Rob Davis has been selected as one of three 2003 Portz Scholars in the National Collegiate Honors Council’s competition for outstanding undergraduate Honors papers, a first for any UA student.
Every day, at least eight million children and youth are left alone and unsupervised once the afternoon school bell rings. As more and more children grow up in homes with two working parents or a single working parent, today’s families can benefit from the safe, structured learning opportunities that after-school programs provide.
With its thriving Hispanic community and traditional values, it is no surprise that in this Alabama hill country town there’s both Friday night football and Sunday afternoon soccer.
Laura Beth Amerson and Alison J. Miller, both of Anniston, were awarded the Ashley Doyle and John Gaither Endowed Scholarship at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama School of Law has published Gilded Age Legal Ethics: Essays on Thomas Goode Jones’ 1887 Code. It is the fourth volume of the Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library.
Jerry Welker, a student in The University of Alabama’s School of Music, is this year’s recipient of the Music Teacher’s Association Brass Soloist of the Year Award. Welker, a senior from Tuscaloosa, was selected as the best brass soloist from all brass students in the nation.
A recent study completed by two professors at Michigan State University showed that the department of advertising and public relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama was ranked 10th nationally in the number of peer-reviewed presentations at the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) during the past 20 years.