Dr. Thomas Fox, a professor in the department of modern languages and classics at The University of Alabama, recently received the Culture and Education Award from the AlabamaGermany Partnership.
There’s an almost audible buzz emitting from a basement level laboratory in The University of Alabama’s Biology Building. The five graduate and 10 undergraduate students who work there, alongside Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, UA biology professors, are pumped. So too are their aforementioned faculty mentors.
The Coca-Cola Foundation has recently made a scholarship donation of $1 million to The University of Alabama’s “Our Students. Our Future.” campaign. The grant is an extension of the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program and the University will be the program’s first public institution partner.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute has announced its 2006-2007 student fellows. The Blackburn Institute was founded in 1995 through the UA division of student affairs and named for Dr. John L. Blackburn, a well-known campus leader and former dean of students. The purpose of the Institute is to create a network
Paying nearly $3 per gallon of gas is not something Jamal Obid enjoys, but this University of Alabama student also knows the price spike plays a role in the legendary boon to bust swings of the oil industry. And that swing is headed in the best direction for those who, like Obid, are poised to graduate and enter their chosen profession…oil exploration.
The University of Alabama department of communicative disorders will hold an open house Thursday, May 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. to commemorate its first anniversary at its current location at 700 University Blvd., East, the old Capstone Medical Center building.
Dr. Robert W. Ingram, Ross-Culverhouse Endowed Chair of Accountancy and senior associate dean of The Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama, has been selected to receive the 2006 Cornelius E. Tierney/Ernst & Young Research award presented by the Association of Government Accountants.
In addition to a close look at Jupiter, Saturn and the moon, the general public will have the opportunity, weather permitting, to catch glimpses of a large comet disintegrating in space during a public sky-viewing Friday, May 5 at 8 p.m. on The University of Alabama campus.
Christopher Cater of Helena, a senior at The University of Alabama, has recently received the prestigious and highly competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.
Dr. John Blackburn, long-time University of Alabama administrator, will be the featured speaker for UA’s spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 13 at Coleman Coliseum on campus.