UA Child Development Program Receives Re-Accreditation
The University of Alabama Child Development Laboratories recently received re-accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Six Honored as UA Distinguished Engineering Fellows
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2003 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
Shelby Hall Nears Completion
With 70 research labs, five teaching labs, three theater-style lecture halls, 40 offices for faculty and professional staff, and 80 offices for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the Shelby Interdisciplinary Science Building will be the largest academic building on the UA campus when it is completed this year and one of the Southeast’s largest science education facilities. Construction of the structure has drawn considerable interest based on its size as well as its beauty.
UA ROTC Cadets Participate in Marksmanship Competition
The University of Alabama Army ROTC recently held its annual McKinley Marksmanship Award Competition.
UA’s Center for Mental Health and Aging Awards Inaugural Research Grants
The University of Alabama Center for Mental Health and Aging has awarded its first research grants to nine UA faculty members, announced Drs. Lucinda Roff and Lou Burgio, CMHA co-directors.
Op-Ed — U.S. Intervention in Vietnam … and Iraq?
Things are never as simple as they seem. In Vietnam, one presidential administration after another in Washington found out that intervention proved more tangled and unpredictable than it at first appeared. Odds are that the same would hold true in Iraq.
One-of-a-Kind, Homegrown Alabama Newspaper to be Featured on APT, Documented by UA Center
There are no colorful graphics, no large, provocative headlines, and only a few photographs. Many of the stories are written on a manual typewriter and the editor admits the paper seems old-fashioned, a bit like the once-stodgy Wall Street Journal.
UA Law School to Hold Family Fair on Saturday
The University of Alabama School of Law Public Interest Institute (PII) is hosting a Family Fair day on Saturday, March 29, from 1-4 p.m. on the lawn behind the Law School.
UA Law Students Tutor Children at Local Housing Developments
Students involved with The University of Alabama School of Law Public Interest Institute (PII) have developed a tutoring program for children in public housing developments in Tuscaloosa.
Darden Lecturer to Present ‘The 150 Year-Old Human, How Soon? How Desirable?’ at UA March 27
A University of Idaho gerontologist and zoologist will present “The 150 Year-Old Human: How Soon? How Desirable?” as the sixth annual William Darden Lecture, Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building at The University of Alabama.