Grant to UA Center Helps Southwest Alabama Grow

A $60,000 grant from the Alabama-Tombigbee Rural Conservation and Development Council to The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development is paying dividends for the southwestern part of the state.

UA Homecoming Features Theme ‘Share the Pride, Celebrate the Tide!’

The University of Alabama tradition of Homecoming Week will have a theme of “Share the Pride, Celebrate the Tide!” with campus events Sunday, Oct. 10-Saturday, Oct. 16.

UA’s Plank Center to Honor Nonprofit Director for Mentorship

The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama will present its inaugural Executive Mentorship Award to Billy Shore, founder and executive director of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit leading the fight against childhood hunger in America, at an Oct. 14 dinner at the Union League Club in Chicago.

UA Student News for Sept. 28, 2010

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Sept. 29 Registration deadline for homecoming Blood Drive, Capstone Drive near Gorgas House, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., sponsored by Life South Community Blood Centers Sept. 30 Ferguson Student Center closes at 5 p.m. Deadline to order

UA in the News: September 28, 2010

UA faculty provide expert commentary on Hyundai recall, proration, recent survey on religion, West Alabama health statistics

UA Doctoral Programs Rank High in Student Support, Outcomes

Twelve University of Alabama doctoral programs rank high nationally for student support and outcomes in the 2010 National Research Council rankings announced today.

‘Enemy of the People’ Pits Doctor Against Town on UA Stage

Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “An Enemy of the People” will be presented Monday, Oct. 4, to Sunday, Oct. 10 in the Gallaway Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District as part of The University of Alabama’s theatre and dance department season.

UA in the News: September 25-27, 2010

UA grad student earns international honor for playing euphonium – UA student creates scholarship website – FocusFirst a finalist for national award – UA faculty provide expert commentary on community college foundations, Alabama’s auto industry – UA events – and more…

Historian Discusses Mexican Nationalism in Lecture at UA

Dr. William H. Beezley, professor of history at the University of Arizona, will deliver the lecture “Indians, Intellectuals, Anthropologists and Calendar Girls: Jose Vasconcelos and Mexican Revolutionary Nationalism” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, in 140 Bidgood Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

Three UA Engineering Students Receive Alabama Road Builders’ Association Scholarships

Three University of Alabama civil engineering students recently received Alabama Road Builders’ Association Scholarships at the annual officer installation banquet held in Montgomery.