The Alabama Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at The University of Alabama will be hosting the Walk to D’Feet ALS to benefit the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, the fraternity’s national philanthropy, on Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. – noon on the Quad.
Homegrown Alabama, a student-led group that educates the community about the value of local produce, will bring an open-air market to the Ferguson Center Plaza on The University of Alabama campus Thursday, May 3 beginning at 3 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.