Campus & Community

Op-Ed — State Funding Eliminated for Successful Oil Recycling Program, Project R.O.S.E.

The latest casualty of the state’s financial shortfalls is the granddaddy of all do-it-yourself used oil recycling programs – Project R.O.S.E. (Recycled Oil Saves Energy). One of this nation’s oldest programs, Project R.O.S.E. was recently notified its state funding was being eliminated after Sept. 30. Strategic changes in direction for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs’ (ADECA) Science, Technology and Energy Division was the stated reason for the cutback.

UA Blackburn Institute Inducts New Student Fellows

The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute recently inducted the following new student fellows in an on-campus reception.

UA Awarded Grant for Graduate Teaching Fellows in Middle and High School Education

The University of Alabama has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to establish a new three-year program to enhance the education of students from 6th grade through graduate school.

UA Student to Receive Metz Newspaper Management Scholarship

Lauren Davidson, University of Alabama senior from Madison and editor of The Crimson White student newspaper, will receive a W.H. Metz Newspaper Management Scholarship for 2004-05.

UA Media Planning Board Names Award Winners

The University of Alabama Media Planning Board presented its 2004 awards at a reception held recently on campus.

Reagan Family Shares Similarities with Typical Alzheimer’s Caregivers, Says UA Researcher

In some ways, including their expressions of relief that their loved one’s suffering has ended, President Ronald Reagan’s family members are typical of what other Alzheimer’s caregivers experience, but a University of Alabama psychologist who is studying such caregivers in their homes says there are also differences.

UA Nursing’s Interactive CD Brings New Teaching Component to Critical Health Care Decisions

The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing has completed its first interactive CD designed to give nursing students and practicing nurses realistic but safe practice in making decisions that affect life and death.

UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park to Host Its First Southeastern Indian Pottery Gathering and Expo

Dozens of the country’s finest Southeastern Indian potters will gather at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park for “Fusing Red Earth,” Moundville’s first pottery gathering and expo, Wednesday, June 23 through Saturday, June 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sales of Existing Homes in Alabama Increase in April, According to UA Center’s Stats

Sales of existing homes in Alabama increased 1.5 percent in April, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama. The increase was far less dramatic than the 60 percent increase in March, but another increase nonetheless.

Radio City Rockettes Dance onto UA’s Campus

Radio City Entertainment is offering a comprehensive summer training program with The University of Alabama through June 12. Promising young dancers connect this week with the professional dance world through intensive study with Radio City Rockettes to learn their dance style – a true American art form.