UA Student Recreation Center to Hold Grand Opening
The University of Alabama Student Recreation Center (SRC) will host a grand opening Monday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. in the main atrium of the expanded and renovated center.
UA’s School of Music Announces 2004-05 Celebrity Series Schedule
The University of Alabama’s School of Music is proud to announce its Celebrity Series concert schedule for 2004-05. This season’s four offerings are: Take 6; Gil Shaham, violin and Orli Shaham, piano; Frank Moody Memorial Concert with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra; and the Billy Taylor Jazz Trio. This year’s concerts offer a variety of styles. All four performances are sponsored by the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation.
Alabama Scholastic Press Association Holds High School Publication Workshops
The Alabama Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) will present publication workshops to high school students and advisers on three college campuses in Alabama during September.
UA Air Force ROTC Announces Scholarship Winners
Col. Gregory Coker, commander of Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) Detachment 10 at The University of Alabama, has announced four in-college scholarship recipients who are current UA cadets.
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Carl Wieman to Lecture at UA
Nobel Prize-winner and internationally renowned physicist Carl E. Wieman will be at The University of Alabama on Sept. 21 and 22. Wieman will give a presentation on the work that won him the Nobel Prize, “Bose-Einstein Condensation: Quantum Weirdness at the Lowest Temperature in the Universe,” on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in 107 Shelby Hall on the UA campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
UA Aging Center’s Research Plays Key Role in States Receiving Funds to Help Caregivers
The University of Alabama Center for Mental Health and Aging’s research on Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving played a major role in 22 states, most recently Alabama, receiving federal grants of nearly $1 million for three years to benefit programs for Alzheimer’s caregivers.
UA Graduate Student First to Receive ASTM International Award
Cherqueta R. Claiborn, a graduate student at The University of Alabama in metallurgical and materials engineering, recently received the 2004 Mary R. Norton Memorial Scholarship for Women Award from ASTM International. Claiborn is the first UA student and the first woman in the state of Alabama to receive this international honor.
Just Another Record Month for Alabama Housing, According to UA’s Real Estate Center
It is becoming almost boring to report; another record breaking month for the housing market in Alabama, according to statistics from The University of Alabama’s Real Estate Research and Education Center.
Area Students, Teachers Join in UA Research
A team of students and teachers conducted scientific research at The University of Alabama Materials Research Science and Engineering Center this summer.
UA Sorority Pledges Announced
The following women recently pledged sororities at The University of Alabama.