Dr. Robert P. Taylor, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently certified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a qualified specialist in process heating assessments.
The University of Alabama’s vision of recruiting the “best and brightest” students is clearly becoming a reality as UA ranks 11th in the nation among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars for 2006-2007, and 29th among all universities. The rankings, based on the National Merit Scholarship Corp.’s newly-released 2005-2006 annual report, place UA among the top 8 percent nationally among colleges and universities that enrolled National Merit Scholars.
University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt will speak during a reception honoring UA’s National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholars Wednesday, Jan. 31 from 2-3 p.m. at The Zone in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
As roll calls are taken in high school physics classes nationwide, an increasing number of students are responding, “here.”
This summer, 25 high school journalism students will live on campus and learn from top educators and journalists during the 24th annual Multicultural Journalism Workshop scheduled for July 8-18 on The University of Alabama campus.
Molly Mercer Lynch, who was forced to withdraw from The University of Alabama during her last semester as a student in 1938, will return to campus Wednesday, Jan. 17 to receive her diploma.
More than 80 trained, IRS-certified undergraduate, graduate and law students from The University of Alabama are providing free income tax preparation services and financial literacy information to low-income families in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham this tax season.
Determining a 2,900-year-old artifact contained the oldest writing ever known in the Americas is one of the top science findings of 2006, according to two prominent science publications which cite the earlier discovery by a group of archaeologists, including a University of Alabama researcher, in their current issues.
The University of Alabama’s department of political science was recently ranked seventh in the nation on research in the area of armed conflict by Essential Science Indicators and its ESI Special Topics Web site, a national in-depth analytical tool that offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries and journals.
Birmingham-based Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF), one of the nation’s Top 10 financial services providers, has again given $1 million to The University of Alabama’s “Our Students. Our Future.” Campaign, establishing the Regions Endowed Scholarship.