The University of Alabama moved closer to its total enrollment goal of 28,000 students by enrolling a record 23,878 students this fall. Enrollment at UA is up almost 10 percent over last year. The entering freshman class, at 4,378, is the largest in UA history.
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center has started the Intercultural Student Council, a team of culturally diverse UA students who promote and support a campus commitment to interculturalism through varied activities and programming.
The University of Alabama School of Law Public Interest Institute will host guest speaker Mary Bauer, director of the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama will award $20,000 to support four research projects that will enhance understanding of factors that contribute to effective and ethical leadership in public relations.
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “Our Town” Sept. 26-Oct. 1, in the Gallaway Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark will present the Frank A. Nix Lecture at The University of Alabama Friday, Oct. 13.
Students with disabilities at The University of Alabama now have the opportunity to participate in outdoor recreation activities adapted to their needs thanks to a collaborative effort of UA Disability Sports and University Outdoor Recreation.
Gila monsters are reclusive, cold-blooded, raw egg-loving lizards whose venomous bites can cause intense pain. Ah, but within that same mouthful of venom-laced saliva is a marvelously therapeutic protein – one which has already been synthesized and used in diabetic drug treatments. And, it’s one which University of Alabama researchers are analyzing in hopes it could later improve the digestive performance of humans compromised by intestinal cancer and/or surgery.
A new Domestic Violence Law Clinic has opened at The University of Alabama School of Law. The clinic provides free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault in the West Alabama counties of Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens and Tuscaloosa.
Three students at The University of Alabama have received Society of Women Engineers scholarships for 2006.