University of Alabama doctoral student Ed Geisweidt, in the department of English, is one of only 14 graduate students in the country to be selected to participate in the Folger Institute’s year-long Dissertation Seminar, “Researching the Archives,” at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Renowned author and science reporter Chris Mooney will present a lecture entitled “Science at High Wind Speeds: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming” on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
Thirty-four honored public relations leaders are authors of a unique book introduced today at the annual conference of the Public Relations Student Society of America in Philadelphia.
The University of Alabama is being nationally recognized for academic excellence and service as one of four schools named Truman Foundation Honor Institutions this year.
Dr. Stuart Rachels, associate professor of philosophy at The University of Alabama, will give the 2007 Edwards Lecture at Emory University on Thursday, Oct. 25 discussing “One Person Doesn’t Make a Difference.”
As a way to express human emotion, music can say it all without saying a word. The powerful feeling music can provide is the impetus behind a new, commissioned piece of music from The University of Alabama to honor and remember victims of the devastating tornado that slammed through Enterprise, Ala., on March 1, 2007.
The University of Alabama’s Phi Delta Theta Fraternity will host their fourth annual Chili Cook Off to benefit the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. at their fraternity house on University Boulevard.
In the past year, the Capstone Rural Health Center in Parrish saw more than 3,200 patients, and a new facility in a more visible location should enable the center to serve even more patients, said a University of Alabama nursing professor who serves as the center’s executive director.
Twelve college graduates have begun their graduate study in science, engineering and mathematics at The University of Alabama as part of a new National Science Foundation-sponsored “Bridge to the Doctorate” Program at UA.
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility will be hosting the final round of the third annual Moral Forum Tournament on Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium to award some $13,000 in scholarships.