Take Back the Night Rally to be Held at UA
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor its annual Take Back the Night event to support the end of violence against women on Tuesday, April 22, from 6-7 p.m.
UA Social Work Event to Benefit Ill Staff Member
The University of Alabama Social Work Association for Cultural Awareness is presenting a benefit concert on Thursday, April 24, from 6 p.m.-midnight at Little Willie’s in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Company Recognizes UA’s Efforts to Prevent High-Risk Alcohol Consumption on Campus
Outside the Classroom, a Boston-based company that helps education, corporate and government institutions battle high-risk drinking and other health problems, has recognized The University of Alabama’s alcohol prevention efforts with a Prevention Excellence Award.
UA Engineering Hosts Combustion Institute Technical Meeting
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host the 2008 Spring Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute’s Central States Section April 20-22 at the Bryant Conference Center.
UA’s New College Welcomes Wholesale Foods Innovator for Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Jeff Levitetz, the innovative entrepreneur who founded Purity Wholesale Grocers, will deliver the Distinguished Alumni Lecture for The University of Alabama’s New College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in 205 Smith Hall.
ALLELE Lecture: Plants May Hold Key to Cure for Malaria
Malaria is the leading cause of death and illness worldwide, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the cure for this health epidemic may be found in algae, according to Dr. Mark Farmer, the next guest speaker of The Alabama Lecture of Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series at The University of Alabama.
UA SIFE Team Named Regional Champion for Second Consecutive Year; Advances to Chicago
After presenting a report of its year-long community outreach projects to a panel of 16 business leaders, the Students in Free Enterprise team at The University of Alabama was named a SIFE USA Regional champion.
Kilgore Establishes Endowed Scholarship at UA College of Engineering
Tom Kilgore has recently established the Myra Blevins Kilgore Endowed Scholarship to promote the education of students in The University of Alabama College of Engineering. Kilgore established the scholarship in honor of his wife, Myra, as a surprise holiday gift.
UA French Scholar Awarded Knighthood in France’s Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Dr. Metka Zupancic, associate professor of French/modern languages at The University of Alabama, has been inducted as a knight, or chevalier, in France’s Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms).
UA’s Students in Free Enterprise Team, Cintas to Clothe Kids in Impoverished Third World Countries
More than 1,700 articles of clothing have been collected during the past year for distribution to impoverished children in Third World countries, thanks to the combined efforts of The University of Alabama’s Students in Free Enterprise and Cintas Corp.