H. Thomas Wells Jr., partner and a founding member of the Birmingham law firm Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., became chair of the American Bar Association House of Delegates on Aug. 13 at the organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
In October 2001, a group of University of Alabama students came together to produce an independent and volunteer-based talk/variety show called “SpeakEasy.”
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Engineering Day (E-Day), an open house for junior high, high school and community college students and their families, on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The University of Alabama has received a bequest of $1.9 million from the estate of long-time Tuscaloosa civic leader James Maxwell Brown, UA Interim President Barry Mason announced today.
A medical ethics expert who has written a best-selling book on cloning and who has testified before the U.S. Congress on the issue will present a talk to students in The University of Alabama’s Blount Undergraduate Initiative at 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26 in ten Hoor Hall, room 30.
Dr. Kari Frederickson, assistant professor of history at The University of Alabama, was named the 2002 Harry S. Truman Book Award winner for her work, “The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968” (The University of North Carolina Press, 2001).
Lift your heads and crane your necks to see if you can see Venus and Comet Hoenig at Gallalee Hall on Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. through a refractory telescope. The viewing on The University of Alabama campus is free and open to the public. Gallalee Hall is located at the corner of Hackberry Lane and University Boulevard.
Reflecting on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 is both natural and healthy, says The University of Alabama’s Dr. Jerome Rosenberg, but prolonged exposure to media coverage surrounding the event’s one-year anniversary can be distressful, the psychologist says.
Dr. James C. Hall, an African American culture scholar, has been appointed director of the New College program at The University of Alabama.
University of Alabama officials will announce a major gift to the University at a ceremony set for Monday, Aug. 26, at 1:30 p.m. in the President’s Boardroom (203 Rose Administration Building).