Dr. Charles “Chuck” Lydeard, associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been appointed program director in the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Va.
The College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama has accepted 30 students for the largest Multicultural Journalism Workshop in the 21-year history of the program. The previous largest class, in 1998, had 26 participants.
Dr. Anne McDonald Culp, professor of human development and family studies at The University of Alabama, was recently elected Division 37 president-elect for the American Psychological Association.
Alabama Public Radio WUAL-FM at The University of Alabama is the only public radio station in the state to receive a grant issued by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to purchase the equipment needed to make the transition to digital radio.
Charles Snead, horn professor and interim director of The University of Alabama’s School of Music, has been selected to serve on the FulSpec U.S. Studies – Music 2 Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program. The School of Music is housed in UA’s College of Arts and Sciences.
The American Ballet Theatre will conduct a three-week Summer Ballet Intensive, June 26-July 18 on the campus of The University of Alabama. This is an opportunity for aspiring dancers to spend three weeks with members of the nation’s most acclaimed ballet company.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released new population estimates for Alabama’s cities and towns that give the state its most recent indications of growth since the 2000 census, according to Annette Watters, manager of the Alabama State Data Center at The University of Alabama.
Erin Wheeler of Mobile was recently inducted into the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame. Wheeler, retired director for the Mobile County Department of Human Resources, was inducted for the area of practice/administration.
Flags will increasingly unfurl in all their red, white and star-spangled glory as the July 4th holiday approaches, and a University of Alabama political icon expert says the American flag is “part of the ‘glue’ that holds the population together,” during divisive political times.
Christina L. Daniel of Aliceville has been selected to receive the first University of Alabama African-American Alumni Society Endowed Scholarship.