The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies is coordinating the Delta Regional Authority’s Delta Leadership Institute, a year-long program designed to improve the decisions made by leaders across the delta region.
Fiction writer Brian Evenson will give a reading Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Bama Theatre at 7:30 p.m. as part of The University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
In a survey of more than 700 schools just released by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, The University of Alabama was distinguished as one of the top schools for entrepreneurs.
The American Society of Civil Engineers recently honored Dr. G. Edward Gibson Jr., a University of Alabama professor, with election to the grade of fellow. Fewer than 6 percent of ASCE members achieve fellow grade.
Dr. James McPherson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, will give a public lecture in the Heritage Room of the Ferguson Student Center on The University of Alabama campus, Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
The M.B.A. Program at The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School has achieved top 10 rankings in three categories for the second straight year in the prestigious Princeton Review. Manderson ranked fifth for best professors, fourth for best campus facilities and eighth for best administered.
Carved across the surface of a 26-pound stone slab unearthed in Veracruz, Mexico is the oldest known writing ever discovered in the Americas, according to a paper publishing in the Sept. 15 issue of the journal Science by a 7-person team of archaeologists, including Dr. Richard A. “Dick” Diehl, professor of anthropology at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the four recipients of its 2006 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching.
Starting this week, a variety of events will be offered at The University of Alabama in celebration of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month.
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “Dance Alabama!” Sept. 20-23 in the Morgan Auditorium in the UA theatre district.