Comprehensive prenatal care can decrease the rate of low birth weights, according to a study led by Dr. Yasmin Neggers, a University of Alabama researcher and professor of human nutrition and hospitality management.
The University of Alabama has been named to the list of the top 15 percent of military friendly schools nationwide.
Justin Anderson, a junior from Louisville, Ky., studying aerospace engineering and mechanics at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the 2012 Rockwell Collins Scholarship awarded by the Aerospace States Association.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Engineering Day, or E-Day, an open house for high-school students and their families, Thursday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Dr. Bruce Berger, the Reese Phifer Professor of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama, will receive the Institute for Public Relations’ Pathfinder Award for career contributions to scholarly public relations research.
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The University of Alabama is hosting Family Weekend, Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23, with more than 3,500 family members of UA students expected to visit campus.
Dr. Tommy Bice, Alabama’s State Superintendent of Education, will speak at a public forum on special education at the offices of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham Monday, Sept. 24, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Katherine Newman, renowned scholar and the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, will visit The University of Alabama campus to speak about the impact of Alabama’s tax policy on the working poor.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will open its 2012 Fall Colloquium Series Monday, Sept. 24, with guest lecturer Kimble Forrister.