The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations recently launched Platform, an online magazine designed and produced by UA public relations students for other public relations students, educators and professionals nationwide.
Anderson G. Renaud, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, was recently awarded the Record scholarship from Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society. This academic scholarship recognizes Renaud’s academic success, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
The University of Alabama has been awarded a national 2006-2007 Prevention Excellence Award from Outside The Classroom Inc.
Dr. John R. Wheat, professor of community and rural medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and School of Medicine, recently received the Distinguished Educator Award from the National Rural Health Association.
From investigating fuel cell membranes to studying DNA of corals, three of The University of Alabama’s best and brightest students are being nationally-recognized for their top-notch research.
Three University of Alabama students will spend the summer researching causes and cures of a debilitating movement disorder, through the financial support of the Birmingham-based Parkinson Association of Alabama Inc.
A University of Alabama geochemist, in conjunction with industrial partners, is developing and testing a method to prevent arsenic at contaminated sites from leaching, or filtering, through the soil and into drinking water supplies. Central to its effectiveness is, oddly enough, rust.
Thomas G. Mancuso, a 1968 graduate of The University of Alabama Law School, has established a fund to support a special library collection in the Bounds Library at the UA School of Law.
The University of Alabama awarded some 2,714 degrees during spring commencement Saturday, May 12 on campus.
From national security issues, to high oil prices, to environmental impacts, reasons for the growing search for alternative energy sources are broad-based. Now, a national security laboratory, with an assist from a University of Alabama engineer, is using what appear to be giant, steel traffic cones to try and turn nuclear fusion into a realistic energy alternative.