University of Alabama senior Tiffany Schwarz of Huntsville is one of 10 finalists who will compete in “The Intern,” a competition for premier journalism internships sponsored by the Society of News Design.
A play written by University of Alabama assistant professor of theatre Seth Panitch is heading for a stage in New York City in August, but will be performed in Tuscaloosa July 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Allen Bales Theatre on the UA campus.
Businesses and organizations wishing to apply as showcase participants during the upcoming Alabama Quality Award Conference, to be held on The University of Alabama campus, should file a pre-application by Aug. 1.
A total of some 4,100 students enrolled during the spring 2006 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or above or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all As).
The National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C., recently opened “Cartoonists Take Up Smoking,” an exhibition of original newspaper editorial cartoons, curated by Alan Blum, M.D., a national expert on the history of the tobacco industry and director of The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society.
University of Alabama student Renee Rivas, a junior biology major from Plano, Texas, has received the prestigious Benjamin Cummings Biology Prize for 2006.
The University Transportation Center for Alabama, headquartered at The University of Alabama, was recently chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation as one of 20 transportation research centers to receive grant funding.
Dr. Daniel S. Turner, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama and director of the University Transportation Center for Alabama, has been elected president of the Council of University Transportation Centers.
Existing home prices in Alabama reached a record in May of $160,720, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.