Hardin Named Senior Associate Dean at UA Business School
Dr. J. Michael Hardin has been named senior associate dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at The University of Alabama, effective May 16.
Morgan Named Director of UA Honors Programs
Dr. Jacqueline V. Morgan has been named director of the University Honors Program and the University Fellows Experience in The University of Alabama Honors College.
Philosophy and Religion Topic of ‘Philosophy Today’ Lecture Series at UA
Dr. Jonathan Kvanvig, professor of philosophy at Baylor University, will present the lecture “The State of Philosophy of Religion,” as part of the 2007-2008 “Philosophy Today” public lecture series, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in 38 Lloyd Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Poor Recognition of ‘Self’ Found in High Functioning People With Autism, According to Baylor, UA Study
Contrary to popular notions, people at the high end of the autism spectrum disorder continuum suffer most from an inability to model “self” rather than impaired ability to respond to others, said researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Alabama in a report appearing in the journal Neuron.
UA Student News: February 19, 2008
DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 19 Moody Music Lot will be closed Hunger and Homelessness Week underway Dance Alabama! opens Feb. 22 College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors applications due at 4 p.m. Feb. 25 Presentation on Wallace Rayfield, Alabama’s pioneer black architect Throughout February African-American Heritage Month Events STUDENT AFFAIRS • Moody Music Lot to
UA Brings Musical Work Commissioned in Memory of Tornado Victims to Enterprise on Anniversary of Disaster
On Friday, Feb. 29, The Alabama Wind Ensemble and The University of Alabama Singers will offer the newly commissioned composition “Enterprise” to the people of the southeast Alabama town on the first anniversary of the tornado that destroyed Enterprise High School and killed eight students.
UA Career Center Hosts Eli Lilly CFO
The University of Alabama Career Center will be hosting a dinner reception with Derica Rice, senior vice president and CFO of Eli Lilly and Co., on Wednesday, Feb.27 at 7 p.m. in the Alabama Museum of Natural History located in Smith Hall.
New Crossroads Directors Bring Multicultural Experiences to UA
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center is under the direction of two new leaders this academic year with Dr. Beverly Hawk named director and Brice Miller as assistant director.
UA Alzheimer’s Care Research to Help National Panel in Preparing Action Plan
A key Alzheimer’s disease study group, co-chaired by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, is tapping the expertise of a University of Alabama researcher to brief its members on caregiver support.
New UA Competition Gives Undergrads Chance to Showcase Research/Creativity Projects
Who said you had to be a graduate student to do award-winning research that could be presented at national conferences?