The University of Alabama is finding innovative solutions that will make hydrogen-powered automobiles a reality. As part of President George W. Bush’s Hydrogen Research Initiative, the Capstone has been named a partner in a Grand Challenge Center for Chemical Hydrogen Storage. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham recently announced the winning hydrogen storage research centers.
Dr. William A. Curry, dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences since 1998, is stepping down to accept a position at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. There he will serve as professor of medicine, attending physician on the Tinsley Harrison Service at University Hospital and as the University of Alabama School of Medicine associate dean for primary care and rural health.
The hopes and fears of this generation of college graduates was the theme of the commencement address given by James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, at today’s University of Alabama spring commencement ceremonies.
With the rural elderly facing many obstacles in seeking services to improve their quality of life, The University of Alabama is bringing some of these services to them.
Nearly 300 journalism students and advisers from state high schools were on The University of Alabama campus recently for the annual convention of the Alabama Scholastic Press Association (ASPA).
Alabama Public Radio (APR) at The University of Alabama recently collected two honors in the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards competition.
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing recently presented alumna Kimberly Ingram, associate commissioner for mental illness of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, with its Janet S. Awtrey Distinguished Nursing Leader Award.
The Alabama housing market showed remarkable strength in March with 4,672 homes sold, up 60.9 percent over the previous month, according to figures from the Real Estate Education and Research Center at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama African-American Alumni Association recently honored a group of outstanding alumni and raised $25,000 to endow a scholarship for a minority student at an Alumni Scholarship Breakfast and reunion held recently in Tuscaloosa.