Guest Artist at UA will Play the Veena, Ancient Musical Instrument
Vidvan D. Balakrishna of India will be on campus April 13-15 for a lecture demonstration and concert on the veena, one of the most ancient musical instruments of India.
Faculty & Staff
UA Conference Explores Latino Children’s Literature
Experts in Latino literature for young people will gather at The University of Alabama Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24, for the National Celebration of Latino Children’s Literature Conference.
UA Political Scientist Recognized with Buford Peace Award
Dr. J. Norman Baldwin, associate professor and director of the master of public administration program in the political science department at The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Lahoma Buford Peace Award.
UA Press Awards Manuscript Prizes
A University of Alabama archaeologist won one of two prizes awarded by the UA Press for best manuscripts submitted in 2009.
Crossroads Community Center at UA Presents Unity through Diversity Week
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center will celebrate Unity through Diversity Week beginning Tuesday, April 6.
Long-time UA Professor, Administrator Douglas E. Jones Dies
Dr. Douglas E. Jones, professor emeritus of geological sciences at The University of Alabama and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, died April 2, 2010 after a brief illness. He was 79.
Honors Week at UA Recognizes Scholarship, Leadership
The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during 2010 Honors Week activities on campus April 5-9.
Top Community Engagement Projects to be Named at UA’s CCBP Awards Program
The Center for Community-Based Partnerships at The University of Alabama will present awards for the best faculty, student and community initiated engagement projects Friday, April 23, at the Hotel Capstone.
Pivots of History: UA Professor Chronicles Foreign Policy During the Civil War
In a new book, Dr. Howard Jones of The University of Alabama describes just how close Britain, and other European powers, came to stepping in between North and South.
UA’s Manderson Graduate School Among 15 Listed in Princeton Review
The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is among the 15 graduate schools of business named to The Princeton Review’s Second Annual “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools” list in the marketing, accounting and operations categories.