University of Alabama football team members will trade their pigskin for croquet mallets as they go wicket-to-wicket with student Ambassadors from UA’s College of Arts and Sciences in the first College of Arts and Sciences Croquet Bowl. The event will be held Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the main Quadrangle of the UA campus and will benefit the United Way of West Alabama.
Dr. Gary Green, professor emeriti from the geography department at the University of North Alabama, will give a lecture on “Urbanization, Wealth and Women at Work: The Changing Southern Diet” at The University of Alabama on Friday, April 19, at 1 p.m. in 214 Farrah Hall.
Connie Diggs, assistant vice president for student affairs and director of the Russell Student Health Center at The University of Alabama, has been recognized as a “Technology All Star” at the Women of Color in Health, Science and Technology conference and awards ceremony held April 12-13 in Nashville, Tenn. She will also be featured in the Women of Color Conference Magazine.
The Student Introduction to Engineering Program in The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host three, week-long residential programs this summer for high school juniors and seniors who have an interest in science, mathematics and engineering.
Dr. Thomas Borkovec, professor of psychology at Penn State University, will be the guest speaker for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture at The University of Alabama on Thursday, April 25.
Sales of existing homes in Alabama rose strongly in February, increasing by 329 units, according to figures released by the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing honored a Talladega nurse for her contributions to the College and the nursing profession.
The University of Alabama honored its top students of 2001-2002 for their scholarship and leadership today during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony on the Mound, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 8-12.
The University of Alabama will host the third annual Rural Health Conference on April 25-26 at the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus.
University of Alabama Head Basketball Coach Mark Gottfried and Associated Press Editor Phil Rawls are among six UA alumni to be presented with Outstanding Alumni Awards from the University’s College of Communication and Information Sciences during Honors Week activities on April 12.