Gain insight into what to expect this year at the 2013 Economic Outlook Conference presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research. The conference takes place Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center.
The singing ensemble Take 6 and the Aeolians of Oakwood University will highlight the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Concert Hall at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building.
An anti-binge drinking public service announcement filmed by University of Alabama students featuring former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal will air during the BCS National Championship.
Dr. John Van Zee, an innovator of fuel-cell research, was named as head of the department of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
University of Alabama President Judy Bonner has named Dr. B. Joyce Stallworth to the new position of associate provost for special projects.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 2,113 degrees during fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 15, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 228,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: CITY STATE ZIPCODE NAME
Four outstanding educators were recently inducted into the The University of Alabama College of Education Educator Hall of Fame. The late Dr. Harold Bishop, Dr. Paul Hubbert, Jeanice Kirkland and Dr. Jayne Meyer were inducted as inaugural members of the Hall of Fame.
Three new members have been named to the advisory board of trustees of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Larry Summerville, a senior in metallurgical and material engineering from Columbus, Miss, won first place for his research poster presentation at a November regional meeting of the National Society of Black Engineers in Montgomery.
Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, a professor and research center executive director in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, has been appointed to a prestigious post in the German scientific research community.