UA Wheelchair Basketball Players Bring Home the Gold
With the help of four University of Alabama players on the national team, the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team won their first gold medal at the 2007 Parapan American Games.
UA Psychologist to Lead Prestigious Organization, Appointed to Prominent Professorship
Dr. John Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, has been elected to the board of directors of the international Society for Prevention Research and appointed to a professorship at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Ingram, Gryska to Receive UA’s Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award
Two former football standouts at The University of Alabama – Clem Gryska and Cecil “Hootie” Ingram – will be recognized for their accomplishments off the field as recipients of the 2007 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award.
UA’s Generation Now Ministry Presents ‘Breaking Down the Walls’ Sept. 8
A University of Alabama campus ministry, Generation Now, in conjunction with The Tuscaloosa Prayer Network and other faith based organizations, presents “Breaking Down the Walls” Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on the Quad.
UA Honors Students to Excavate Mississippian Indian Residences Near Warrior River
Exercisers enjoying the Riverwalk will soon find themselves only steps away from a potential archaeology lesson, courtesy of a University of Alabama Honors College class.
Performance Reviews
They have a number of names – annual performance reviews, annual evaluations, performance evaluations, employee appraisals – whatever. But, they are second only to firing an employee as the task the majority of managers say they dislike the most.
Alabama Business Hall of Fame to Induct Five New Members
Five of the state’s leading business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
Rosalynn Carter Institute Funds UA Professor’s Caregiver Training Program in Middle Alabama
University of Alabama research professor Dr. Louis Burgio and Carolyn Forner of the Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging recently received funding from the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving to implement components of a program to train family caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.
2007 UA Capstone Convocation Welcomes New Students
Incoming students at The University of Alabama will have a chance to celebrate the beginning of their college careers in an inspiring occasion during the 2007 Capstone Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 21 beginning at 7 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.
UA Ranked in Top 10 Percent by U.S. News
The University of Alabama is again ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings for 2008. UA is ranked 42nd among public national universities and 91st among all universities, both public and private.