Two third-year students at The University of Alabama School of Law were honored this week by national legal associations for their respective accomplishments in contributing to the advancement of women in the legal profession and demonstrating excellence in clinical fieldwork.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has named officers and vice presidents.
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Inc. (ASF) board of directors and The University of Alabama have reached an agreement that will consolidate decision-making authority for ASF under the ASF board of directors. UA will recommend that ASF’s assets, including its land and buildings, be transferred from the ASF Finance Authority to ASF. Under the agreement, ASF will become independent of UA, which has been its sponsor since 1993.
Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for Baldwin County area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Faulkner State Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
For their groundbreaking research on diseases of the nervous system, especially in relation to Parkinson’s disease, the husband and wife team of Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, of The University of Alabama, has been awarded the first HudsonAlpha Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Life Sciences.
Dr. Kathleen Cramer, senior associate vice president for student affairs at The University of Alabama, has been named a Pillar of the Profession by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Tuscaloosa is increasingly in need of volunteers to guide and mentor young people in the Tuscaloosa area, so a coalition of sororities and fraternities joined The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce Business Honors Program to raise money to help the program.
DATES TO REMEMBER April 22 Take Back the Night, 6 p.m., Denny Chimes April 23 “Recess on the Quad,” 11 a.m.-3 p.m. April 25 “Bama After Dark Study Break,” Ferguson Center, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. April 27 Sundown Movie Sunday, “I Am Legend,” the Quad EVENTS, ARTS & CULTURE • University Programs will host movies and
Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity at The University of Alabama is hosting the Great Strides walk on Saturday, April 26, on the UA Quad to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis foundation.
Discover how infectious laughter can be as The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre hosts dessert and a show with “Welcome to Bedside Manor,” a toe-tapping performance filled with music that is contagious.