State Housing Market on Track for Another Record, UA Center Stats Indicate
The Alabama housing market is on track for another record setting year if the March 2002 sales pace is an accurate barometer.
Campus & Community
UA Philosophy Professor Awarded American Philosophical Society Fellowship
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.
UA Horticulturist Receives Award from Alabama Environmental Council
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.
UA’s Phelps Named President of American Academy of Advertising
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).
UA Professor Second this Year to Receive Guggenheim Fellowship
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.
Andrew Sorensen to Address Grads at UA Spring Commencement May 17
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.
UA Community Advisory Council to Host Community of Champions Forum May 9
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.
Six Honored as UA Distinguished Engineering Fellows
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.
University Programs Announces Premiere of Survivor on the Quad Documentary
Commemorating the one-year anniversary of The University of Alabama’s Survivor on the Quad, University Programs has announced the first public screening of the event’s documentary on May 1 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater.
Target Donates $5,000 to UA Career Center
Representatives of the Tuscaloosa Target store were recently on The University of Alabama campus to present a $5,000 donation to the UA Career Center to be used for a satellite office in the College of Commerce and Business Administration (C&BA).