Dr. J. Barry Mason, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at The University of Alabama since 1988, has been named interim president of the University. His appointment, unanimously approved today by the UA Board of Trustees, is effective with the departure of President Andrew Sorensen, who will leave shortly to become president of The University of South Carolina.
Christopher Dean Bottoms, a University of Alabama senior double majoring in dance and pre-dental biology, will showcase a dance he choreographed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2002.
The Alabama housing market is on track for another record setting year if the March 2002 sales pace is an accurate barometer.
A University of Alabama professor has been awarded a prestigious Sabbatical Fellowship by the American Philosophical Society, the oldest society in the United States devoted to the advancement of scientific and scholarly inquiry.
Mary Jo Modica, horticulturist at The University of Alabama Arboretum, recently received the Blanche Dean Award, honoring Alabama’s outstanding nature educator of the year, given by the Alabama Environmental Council.
Dr. Joe Phelps, professor of advertising and public relations at The University of Alabama, is the 2003 president-elect of the American Academy of Advertising (AAA).
An English professor at The University of Alabama is the second UA professor to be named a John Simon Guggenheim fellow this year. The Guggenheim is one of the most prestigious fellowships for academic achievement in the nation.
Outgoing President Andrew Sorensen will give the commencement address at The University of Alabama’s spring commencement ceremonies Friday, May 17 in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
Tuscaloosa community leaders are invited to join with University of Alabama officials to share barbeque and discuss ways of developing a stronger community in an event hosted by UA’s Community Advisory Council.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2002 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.