A fund drive in memory of Dr. Bailey Thomson, a University of Alabama journalism professor who died in November, has reached the level needed to endow a scholarship at the University, Dr. Culpepper Clark, dean of the UA College of Communication and Information Sciences, announced Friday.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently announced Dr. John Wiest, associate professor of chemical engineering, as the 2004 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership Award recipient.
The University of Alabama Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness is sponsoring the lecture and discussion series “Opening Doors, Embracing Race” based on the theme “Remembrance, Forgiveness and Reconciliation.”
Dr. Robert W. Ingram, director of the nationally ranked Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, has been named senior associate dean of UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Only about two-thirds of the children in Alabama under age 18 live in the traditional married-couple household, according to Annette Watters, manager of the State Data Center at The University of Alabama.
A University of Alabama psychologist whose intervention program for children with aggressive behaviors has been published in three languages is working with dozens of elementary schools to further gauge the program’s effectiveness in reducing the risks of future substance abuse by children.
Results of a run-off election for several senate seats in the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama were announced today by the UA Office of the Dean of Students.
Volunteers between ages 18 and 60 are needed for a University of Alabama study investigating whether a nationally popular self-help method for depression is effective.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) recently named the recipients of the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Awards, 2004 Alumni Student Awards, and 2004 Outstanding Senior Awards.
Dr. Gary Orfield, professor of education and social policy at Harvard University, will speak Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.