UA School of Social Work Accepts Nominations for Buford Peace Award
Nominations for the annual Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award can now be submitted online.
Announcements
Lanes Along Portion of University Boulevard to Temporarily Close
Two lanes of University Boulevard will close from March 13 through Aug. 4 along an approximate one-half mile stretch from the University Boulevard and Bryant Drive intersection west to the area near the University Boulevard and 2nd Avenue intersection.
UA Center Sends Reading Kits to Black Belt Schools
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, along with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, is promoting the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day by providing Dr. Seuss-themed reading kits to 21 schools in seven counties in the Black Belt region.
UA Researches Fuels to Improve Engines, Cut Emissions
In an effort to improve combustion engines while reducing harmful emissions, engineering researchers at The University of Alabama will test how blended fuels can work with advanced engines.
UA Announces Winner of 2017 Clarence Cason Award
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences has named award-winning author and professor Dr. Patricia Foster winner of the 2017 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing.
State Engineering Hall of Fame Inducts 2017 Class
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted five individuals and honored a corporation during a recent ceremony at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa. The following five individuals join the 173 inducted into the Hall of Fame over the past 29 years: Brian D. Barr of Birmingham; Bill L. Harbert, formerly of Birmingham;
UA’s Tri Delta Donation Helps Establish Fund for Students in Need
A new fund for University of Alabama students facing need was recently established through the donation of a UA sorority chapter.
UA Leaps into 2017 with Ala. Repertory Dance Theatre
The University of Alabama’s theatre and dance department invites the UA and Tuscaloosa communities to its spring performance of the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre.
Search Committee Narrows List of Applicants for UA Inclusivity Leadership Position
The search committee assisting with the selection of a vice president and associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at The University of Alabama met Friday to review the pool of applicants and selected a group for in-person interviews.
UA Professor Elected Fellow to American Physical Society
Dr. Andreas Piepke, a professor in The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society for his work in defining the nature of neutrinos.