While this month’s announcement of the federal reopening of a 1955 racially charged murder case is drawing national media attention, a University of Alabama history professor who audio taped interviews with key case witnesses says he’s skeptical renewed interest will bring justice.
Dr. Philip D. Beidler, professor of English at The University of Alabama and armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, says he sees less and less of the common soldier’s hard-won perspective in what America has since made of that war.
A University of Alabama geographer is monitoring the Gulf of Mexico’s water quality from a few hundred miles inland. In fact, with some assistance from a satellite orbiting some 438 miles above the Pensacola, Fla. area, he can measure the water’s ever changing quality from his office on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Chapter of Order of Omega national Greek honor society recognized top students of 2003-2004 for their academic achievement and leadership.
The University of Alabama Coordinating Council for Student Organizations (CCSO) named Freshman Forum as UA Student Organization of the Month for March.
The Media Planning Board of The University of Alabama has named new student leaders for its publications and radio station for the 2004-2005 academic year.
National Public Radio and Nancy Kruse and Partners have joined together to put on a two-week online auction to benefit public radio. Alabama Public Radio is one of 25 stations throughout the country that were chosen to participate in the auction which will take place Sept. 14-21.
Dr. Charles L. Karr, professor and head of aerospace engineering and mechanics, has been named associate dean for research and graduate studies at The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
Dr. Sara “Salli” deSaussure Davis, associate professor of English at The University of Alabama, recently received one of UA’s Premier Awards, a highly selective honor awarded by the UA president.
According to Dr. Leonard Zumpano, the director of the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama, it is not surprising that the housing market continued its expansion during the first three months of the year.