More than 500 Alabama high school seniors will try their hands at politics and community service from Sunday, June 1, to Saturday, June 7, during the 2013 American Legion Alabama Boys State convention on The University of Alabama campus. During the week, students conduct mock elections and learn about civic processes as well as participate in community service projects.
A new initiative at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce aims to recruit and reach out to rising high school seniors with diverse backgrounds who are enrolled in magnet and accelerated programs.
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have named the finalists for the 2014 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The public is invited to cast its votes on the ABA Journal website [www.abajournal.com] to help determine the winner.
University of Alabama researchers identified within animal models an enzyme that links genetic pathways that control aging with the death of dopamine neurons – a clinical hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.
Less than a year after patenting a process that could improve stripping greenhouse gasses from industrial emissions, a University of Alabama engineering professor was recently granted another patent that uses a different solvent to accomplish the same goal.
The University of Alabama’s Paul W. Bryant Museum is honoring active duty military personnel and their families by participating in a program that offers free admission to the museum through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1.
Research sponsored by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama, Heyman Associates, and IBM Corporation has led to the release of “Public Relations Leaders as Sensemakers.” The study reveals a “Grand Canyon-sized gap” between public relations leaders and followers.
The University Jazz Ensemble and the Alabama Cavaliers are teaming up for a swinging good time at its annual reunion concert on Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music concert hall.
Sheena Gregg Quizon explains body mass index and why it is important.
This week at The University of Alabama: UA engineering students win NASA robotic-mining contest – Boys State to meet on campus – UA start-up company ready to serve construction industry – UA experts offer tips on preparing for college, when women should get Pap smears – Events include opera workshop performance, birding program at Moundville Archaeological Park