More than 225 of the top high school students from around the state will attend the annual Alabama Youth Summit at The University of Alabama on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 4-5, to discuss political issues of the day.
The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences School of Music will present its annual show of holiday music, “Hilaritas,” on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on campus.
Natasha Trethewey and Larissa Szporluk will read selections from their latest works on Dec. 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Award to Dr. Connor Walters during homecoming activities on campus.
Cody Locke of Boaz, a sophomore majoring in biology at The University of Alabama, has received the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Merit Award.
Susan Halliday, coordinator of special events and endowment accounts in The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Mortar Board Excellence in Advising Award at the 2003 National Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
The University of Alabama’s dance program in the College of Arts and Sciences recently earned accreditation, which makes it the only accredited dance program at any university in the state.
An ecologist whose research results have been published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals on more than 40 occasions recently joined The University of Alabama as the J. Nicholene Bishop Professor of Biology.
The University of Alabama is participating in International Education Week at the behest of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Secretary of Education Rod Paige. The week-long celebration is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the United States.
Members of The University of Alabama’s student-run newspaper, The Crimson White (CW), won five awards in the Best of Collegiate Design contest, announced during the National College Media Convention in Dallas Nov. 5-9.