Black Belt Foundation Selects UA Group for Project
The Black Belt Community Foundation has selected a University of Alabama outreach team to develop its communications and marketing plans for 2006.
UA’s Plank Center for Public Relations Studies Names Inaugural Board of Advisors
The University of Alabama’s developing Plank Center for Public Relations Studies has named its inaugural Board of Advisors.
Community Service Center Plans Alternative Spring Break
As an alternative to traditional spring break destinations, The University of Alabama Community Service Center is organizing a Hurricane Relief Trail for spring break 2006 as a way to help those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
UA Men Take A Stand Against Violence with White Ribbon Pledge
The University of Alabama’s Men Against Violence group asks all men on campus to join more than 150 students, faculty and staff at UA who have already taken a public stand against violence by signing the White Ribbon Campaign pledge and to wear a white ribbon during the week of Jan. 23-27 as a vow never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.
New Book Highlights Ancient Footprints
“Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama” is a new book that outlines the discovery, documentation, classification and interpretation of rare fossil animal tracks discovered in a surface coal mine near Jasper.
UA College of Education Announces New Executive Doctoral Program
Beginning this summer, The University of Alabama College of Education will begin a new Executive Ed.D. Program in Higher Education Administration.
MEDIA ADVISORY: State Farm Insurance to Present Grant to UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences Jan. 20
Grant funding from the State Farm Companies Foundation for The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences will be announced during ceremonies Friday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. at the Child Development Research Center on the UA campus.
UA Education Policy Center Research Impacts New Carnegie Foundation Classifications
A recent national announcement marks the achievement of a goal that has been over a decade in the making for the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama.
‘Diversity University’ Featured as Topic of UA Lecture
The University of Alabama Capstone International Center, Crossroads Community Center and Fulbright Program are hosting a public lecture commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. in 109 B.B. Comer Hall.
UA Astronomers Attempt to Offer Sneak Peak of NASA’s Stardust Spacecraft Saturday Night
A 29,000 mph sprint will be the final leg of a 2.88 billion mile round-trip journey for NASA’s Stardust mission, if all goes according to plan between now and Sunday’s pre-dawn landing near Salt Lake City.