U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) will sign his book and deliver the keynote speech at the Farrah Law Society’s annual alumni banquet on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Scrushy Center in Birmingham. The Farrah Law Society is The University of Alabama School of Law’s alumni association.
University of Alabama engineering students Leland Weaver of Mobile and Robyn McArthur of Tuscaloosa recently received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Minority Scholarship Award.
The Alabama Housing Affordability Index (AHAI) reached another record in the fourth quarter of 2002 at 196.6. This surpasses last quarter’s record level of 188.4 (revised) and sets a new annual record affordability level of 186.5, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Three seniors in The University of Alabama’s Institute of Industrial Engineers student chapter placed in the Region 3 Student Conference held at Auburn University on Jan. 23-25.
Twenty-one teams from residence halls, Greek letter organizations, honor societies, campus departments and just groups of friends competed for the chance to represent The University of Alabama in the 2003 College Bowl Regional Championship. The single elimination tournament, which was held Jan. 21-23, ended with Mallet Assembly Team A in first place for UA.
Five students from The University of Alabama have been named to this year’s USA Today All-USA College Academic Team, the largest number of students from UA ever named to the USA Today team in one year.
The University of Alabama will announce Thursday, Feb. 13, that five students have received major national academic awards. A media availability with the award-winning students is planned for Thursday, Feb. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of Clark Hall on the UA campus.
For the second year, Tom Cherones, award-winning director and Tuscaloosa native, and his wife, Joyce Keener, a television writer, will teach a four-week advanced production class in the telecommunication and film department in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Home sales easily set an annual record in 2002 with 39,058 homes sold throughout the year in Alabama, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Throughout 2003, The University of Alabama will reflect upon and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at the University through a series of presentations and events.