The 2010 Capstone Heroes will be recognized at The University of Alabama with a ceremony on Friday, March 5, at 3:30 p.m. in the Moody Music recital hall as part of UA’s annual Capstone Creed Week, March 1-5.
K. Renee Horton, a doctoral candidate in The University of Alabama department of physics and astronomy, recently received the Trailblazer Award at the 2010 Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Global Competiveness Conference in Baltimore, Md.
Some 300 high school students representing more than 15 schools competed recently in the 34th annual University of Alabama High School Physics contest.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a novelist and nationally syndicated columnist, will receive the 2010 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Tuesday, March 9 at a dinner in her honor at the Hotel Capstone.
Dr. Nitin Chopra, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently selected for the 2010 TMS Electronic, Magnetic and Photonic Materials Division Young Leader Professional Development Award.
The UA School of Library and Information Studies’ master’s degree program has been granted continued accreditation by the American Library Association.
The 2010 Miss University of Alabama competition will take place Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
A group of school winners in The University of Alabama’s ninth annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest were recently recognized on campus with a luncheon, awards ceremony and reception with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and UA faculty member Rick Bragg.
Geri Stone, associate director of professional development and conference services in The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, recently received the Wayne Whelan Scholarship from the Association for Continuing Higher Education Inc.
The University of Alabama has scheduled activities for the observance of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 22-28, celebrating the heritage of entrepreneurship in America and underscoring opportunities for new entrepreneurs.