Twenty-four months after receiving his high school diploma, Christopher Culbert is poised to pick up another sheepskin, this one of the college variety, having completed requirements to earn his bachelor’s degree, while double-majoring in math and physics at The University of Alabama.
Engineers Without Borders is partnering with the Black Belt Action Commission, an organization aimed at improving the quality of life in Alabama’s Black Belt region, to restore Curtis Smith Field, a run-down baseball field in Greensboro.
On Tuesday, April 17, the UA family paused as Denny Chimes played the Virginia Tech Homecoming Song. We invite you to watch the video, and join us as we honor those Virginia Tech students and faculty who were killed or injured.
The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at The University of Alabama will host the first Documenting Justice Film Screening on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama will premiere a composition by nationally-acclaimed hip-hop violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain at an innovative concert on April 10.
Four students from The University of Alabama have been named to the 2007 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. The team includes Second Team members Michelle McGaha, a junior industrial engineering major from Albertville, and Jennifer Phillips, a senior chemical engineering major from Birmingham, as well as Honorable Mentions Jennie “Katie” Boyd, a senior dance and communicative disorders major from Pelham, and Kristi Wilcox, a senior English major from Tuscaloosa.
Dr. Robert E. Witt, president of The University of Alabama, is pleased to announce that Coach and Mrs. Nick Saban have contributed $100,000 to the University’s scholarship fund for students who are the first in their family to attend college.
Forty-six high school students from throughout the state – all winners of the “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest in their individual schools – recently visited UA for a luncheon at Smith Hall Gallery (in the Alabama Museum of Natural History) followed by an awards ceremony.
The University of Alabama’s vision of recruiting the “best and brightest” students is clearly becoming a reality as UA ranks 11th in the nation among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars for 2006-2007, and 29th among all universities.
Two of the best known presidential candidate hopefuls will drop out during the coming year, and the use of blogs will help influence the choice of the Democratic Party candidate, projects Dr. David Lanoue, chair of The University of Alabama political science department.