Twelve college graduates have begun their graduate study in science, engineering and mathematics at The University of Alabama as part of a new National Science Foundation-sponsored “Bridge to the Doctorate” Program at UA.
A University of Alabama ecologist is scheduled to become a division chair in the nation’s oldest higher education association during the organization’s annual meeting set for Nov. 11-13 in New York.
The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama moved up two places to No. 18 in rankings just released by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.
The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is again ranked in the top 10 in three categories in the latest rankings by The Princeton Review.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2007 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching, the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.
Arthur N. Read, general counsel for Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., a legal services provider in Philadelphia, has been awarded the 2007 Morris Dees Justice Award, given by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates and The University of Alabama School of Law. Morris Dees will present the award during a reception at Skadden’s offices in New York on Nov. 15.
Kathleen Kelley of Indianapolis, Ind., was named The University of Alabama Homecoming Queen for 2007 on Friday, Oct. 5 during UA’s annual Homecoming Pep Rally on campus.
The University of Alabama is pleased to announce that Dr. Pamela H. Parker has been promoted to vice president for advancement.
Nicholas De Leon, a University of Alabama junior majoring in metallurgical and materials engineering from Coral Springs, Fla., was awarded the J. Keith Brimacombe Presidential Scholarship from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
The 2007 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in a general student election held on Tuesday, Oct. 2.