Terry Saban to Speak at UA’s RISE Graduation Ceremonies July 29

RISE, The University of Alabama’s renowned early intervention program, will recognize 16 graduates at its annual graduation ceremony Thursday, July 29 at 6 p.m. at the Stallings Center on the UA campus.

Works by Claudia DeMonte to Open UA’s Moody Gallery Season

“Claudia DeMonte: Mapping Beauty” will open the 2010-11 season at The University of Alabama’s Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. The exhibit will run from Thursday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Sept. 23.

UA Students Help Alabama Children with Vision Care Program

Students from The University of Alabama have provided vision screening to young children across Alabama through Focus First, a campus-based initiative.

Chemistry Program at UA Prepares Students for Careers in Science

A summer program at The University of Alabama, funded by the National Science Foundation, is helping prepare the next generation of chemists and scientific researchers.

UA Engineering Scholar Named Alabama’s ASCE Student of the Year

Lane Morrison, a senior in civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was named the Student Civil Engineer of the Year by the Alabama Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

AU, UA Students Team with National Initiative to Study Earth’s Interior

Despite their sometimes destructive consequences, can earthquakes actually be helpful events? The answer is a resounding “yes,” according to a team of two students and two professors from The University of Alabama and Auburn University.

Sharpe Named Dean of UA Honors College

Dr. Shane Sharpe has been named dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama. Sharpe has been serving as interim dean of the college for the past year and as director of UA’s Computer-Based Honors Program since 2005.

Could ‘Multi-Vitamins’ for Microbes Help Protect Marshes from Oil?

A high-tech version of a basic principle used 8,000 years ago in reducing unwanted materials is at the heart of an effort by University of Alabama scientists to lessen the Gulf oil spill’s impact on fragile coastal marshes.

Area Students Learn about Rural Health Care at UA

Two groups of students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.

UA Museum’s ‘Discovering Alabama’ Program Wins Emmy

“Discovering Alabama,” a production of The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and its Center for Public Television and Radio, has received an Emmy Award for the program “Discovering Alabama: Alabama in Space.”