Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, assistant professor of criminal justice at The University of Alabama, will present the Nov. 7 Brown Bag lecture on “Starting Over: Dating Risks among Midlife and Older Women,” at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Manly Hall.
A select group of students in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences recently received Alabama Hospitality and Tourism Scholarships during the 2007 Governor’s Conference on Tourism.
The University of Alabama Graduate School recently recognized the 2007-2008 recipients of Graduate Council Fellowships — the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA — with a reception on campus.
Dr. Louis Burgio, University Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama, has received the 2007 Rosalynn Carter Caregiving Leadership Award, the highest award in the caregiving field given by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving.
Three doctoral graduate students in The University of Alabama’s department of anthropology have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grants for the 2007-2008 academic year.
The Alabama Productivity Center, located at The University of Alabama, today announced 19 organizations as recipients of the 2007 Alabama Quality Award, the state’s honor for quality and performance excellence.
Dr. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, professor and chairman of the department of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give his lecture, “The State of Ethics,” Nov.13 at 7:30 p.m. at Lloyd Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
University of Alabama political science major Jack Parker of Mountain Brook has received first place in the national 2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship essay contest, sponsored by The Independent Institute.
“Breaking Up is Hard to Do” is advice from a popular 1970s song, but older women going through a relationship breakup may have health problems to go along with their broken hearts, a University of Alabama researcher has found.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering is developing a new acoustic sensor to be tested in UA’s new hemi-anechoic chamber. This new sensor could one day be used to help locate individuals trapped in collapsed buildings, such as after natural or man-made disasters.