UA Extends Heartfelt Sympathy to Virginia Tech
The University of Alabama family extends its heartfelt sympathy to Virginia Tech during this time of mourning and healing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty, and staff.
Announcements
UA Plank Center to Award $25,000 in Leadership Grants in Public Relations
The Plank Center for Public Relations Studies at The University of Alabama will again award up to $25,000 in competitive grants to scholars and professionals to study leadership in public relations. The grants of $2,500 to $10,000 will support research that advances knowledge of leadership in the profession and helps develop excellence in leadership.
UA Student Support Services Celebrates 30 Years of Empowering Students
The University of Alabama Student Support Services Program is celebrating its 30th anniversary this academic year with a record of providing outreach and support services to some 2,500 undergraduates at UA since 1976.
UA Physicists Play Key Role in Fermilab Experiment Resolving Long-Standing Neutrino Question
Scientists of the MiniBooNE experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab today announced their first findings. The MiniBooNE results resolve questions raised by observations of an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1990s that appeared to contradict findings of other neutrino experiments worldwide.
Aaron Vold Named Director of Development for UA’s College of Arts and Sciences
Aaron Vold has been appointed director of development for The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences. In this role, Vold will lead the College’s fund-raising efforts for the “Our Students. Our Future.” campaign and cultivate, solicit and steward gifts to the College. He held a similar position at UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, where he served as director of advancement.
UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored five alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2007 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
U.S News Ranks UA Law School 15th Among Public Law Schools, 36th Overall
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 15th among public law schools and 36th among all law schools in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2008 edition of its annual “Best Graduate Schools” publication. The ranking is the highest ever for the UA Law School, which has been ranked among the Top 50 law schools for nine consecutive years.
Four UA Students Named to National Wheelchair Basketball Team
University of Alabama students Mary Allison Milford of Magnolia, Ark., Stephanie Wheeler of Norlina, N.C., Alana Nichols of Farmington, N.M., and Desiree Miller of Monroe, Wash., have been selected by head coach Ron Lykins as members of the 2007 U.S. Paralympics Women’s Wheelchair Basketball National Team.
Graves Hall Rededication Ceremonies Set for March 29
The newly renovated Bibb Graves Hall at The University of Alabama will be rededicated Thursday, March 29 at 4 p.m.
Delta Xi Phi Sorority Establishes National Scholarship in Honor of UA Student
Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. has established a national scholarship honoring University of Alabama student Brandy Nicole “Nikki” Murphy.