Dr. Heidi Julien, professor and graduate coordinator in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, has been named director of the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at The University of Alabama, following an international search.
Dr. Beverly Thorn, chair of The University of Alabama’s psychology department, is seeking volunteers for a key study into how “mindfulness meditation” can help manage chronic pain from headaches.
The University of Alabama Athletics Department announced today that it is contributing $1 million to the UA Acts of Kindness Fund established by the University to assist students, faculty and staff who were impacted by the April 27 tornado.
The official mobile application for The University of Alabama launched this week, providing instant access to the campus directory, map, news and sports, as well as class schedules, library catalogs and more. The free application is available from the App Store.
DeMeco Ryans, one of the Crimson Tide’s most decorated football players on and off the field, has pledged a scholarship gift of $300,000 to endow a full scholarship for a deserving football student-athlete studying in UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Almost 140 nursing doctoral students from The University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Alabama in Huntsville will be in Tuscaloosa April 13-15 for a two-day joint doctoral nursing program intensive seminar.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host a series of camps this summer for students interested in science, mathematics and engineering.
Marshall Houston, a University of Alabama senior majoring in economics and English, will be one of 40 college students from across the country participating in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, a learning opportunity for college students in conjunction with the broadcast of the upcoming PBS “American Experience” film “Freedom Riders” and the 50th anniversary of the May 1961 Freedom Rides.
A 19th-century painting depicting a scene of early settlers on Huntsville’s Monte Sano Mountain was recently rediscovered and restored to its original brilliance and depth by representatitives of The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences.
A luncheon honoring The University of Alabama’s 2010-2011 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, in Smith Hall on the UA campus.