The University of Alabama has received the prestigious Extra Mile Award and has been ranked number one in the Southern Regional Education Board’s State Minority Doctoral Scholars program, coordinated by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
Intervention sessions, individually tailored to help people caring for family members with dementia, show promise in reducing rates of clinical depression, according to a multi-site study co-authored by a University of Alabama researcher.
The 2006 University of Alabama Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change will feature guest speaker and activist Kathleen Cleaver on Monday, Dec. 4 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The University of Alabama Freshman Forum, an organization that teaches students about leadership while also providing hands-on opportunities for leadership in action, recently elected officers for the 2006-2007 academic year.
The University of Alabama is holding a collection of interesting events and speakers on campus during International Education Week Nov. 13-17.
Author Josip Novakovich will give a reading Thursday, Nov. 16 in 205 Smith Hall at 7:30 p.m., as part of The University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Poet Barry Schwabsky will give a public lecture in 203 Garland Hall on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 6 pm., and will give the final reading of the fall 2006 Bankhead Visiting Writers Series in 301 Morgan Hall Friday, Nov. 17 at noon.
Dr. David Bronner, chief executive officer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, will be the luncheon speaker at the 2007 Economic Outlook Conference, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research. The conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering was awarded a research grant by the Construction Industry Institute. The $153,400 project will research preconstruction planning for renovation projects. This is the first Construction Industry Institute research project awarded directly to The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
The Public Relations Society of America presented the Outstanding Educator Award to Dr. Bruce K. Berger, professor and chairman of the department of advertising and public relations in the College of Communications at The University of Alabama, at its 2006 International Conference in Salt Lake City.