The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies and University Libraries will host Dr. Maurice J. Freedman, president of the American Library Association, on Thursday, April 17 at 4 p.m. for a presentation on the fourth floor of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library.
Project R.O.S.E. (Recycled Oil Saves Energy), the volunteer used motor oil recycling program for the state of Alabama, recently received the 2003 Best Environmental Education Program in Alabama award from the Environmental Education Association of Alabama. Project R.O.S.E. is headquartered in the chemical engineering department in The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
A University of Alabama doctoral student has won a national award to assist with his research in educational psychology.
University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt will announce a new partnership between UA and a nonprofit organization serving West Alabama at a news conference set for Wednesday, April 2, at 1:30 p.m. at the UA School of Law.
Fred D. Gray of Tuskegee will be the keynote speaker at the Honors Day program sponsored by The University of Alabama Black Faculty Staff Association (BFSA) on Wednesday, April 16. The event will begin at 4 p.m. in Sellers Auditorium, Bryant Conference Center, and is open to the public.
The University of Alabama Child Development Laboratories recently received re-accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2003 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
With 70 research labs, five teaching labs, three theater-style lecture halls, 40 offices for faculty and professional staff, and 80 offices for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the Shelby Interdisciplinary Science Building will be the largest academic building on the UA campus when it is completed this year and one of the Southeast’s largest science education facilities. Construction of the structure has drawn considerable interest based on its size as well as its beauty.
The University of Alabama Army ROTC recently held its annual McKinley Marksmanship Award Competition.
The University of Alabama Center for Mental Health and Aging has awarded its first research grants to nine UA faculty members, announced Drs. Lucinda Roff and Lou Burgio, CMHA co-directors.