UA Partners with Soles4Souls to Collect Shoes for Haiti Relief
The University of Alabama is partnering with Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity, to collect shoes for relief efforts to help the people of Haiti.
Faculty & Staff
UA Celebrates African-American Heritage Month with Theme ‘Black Economic Empowerment’
African-American Heritage Month is being celebrated at The University of Alabama with a wide variety of events on campus and a 2010 theme of “Black Economic Empowerment.”
UA Engineering Professor Named Fellow by ASME
Dr. Samit Roy, the William D. Jordan Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, was recently elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
UA Conference Focuses on Latinos, Latinas in U.S. South
The University of Alabama is hosting the first conference to look at the lives of Latinas and Latinos in the southern United States. “Latinas/os in the U.S. South: Immigration, Integration and Identity” will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at the Hotel Capstone on the UA campus.
Yarbrough Named Director of Leadership Gifts for UA
Kathy Yarbrough has been named director of leadership gifts for The University of Alabama.
Noted Archivist to Discuss African-American Genealogy at UA
The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association is presenting guest speaker Frazine Taylor, an expert on African-American genealogy, who will give a workshop on campus Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m.-noon in 110 AIME Building.
UA Recycling Program is Finalist for Best Practices Award
The recycling program at The University of Alabama has been selected as one of five finalists in the 2010 Southern Association of College and University Business Officers Best Practices competition.
O’Neal Named Director of Development for UA College of Arts and Sciences
Larry W. O’Neal has been named director of development for The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences. In this role, he will lead the College’s fundraising efforts and cultivate, solicit and steward gifts to the College.
Noted Organist Highlights UA’s 2010 Church Music Conference
Acclaimed concert organist Stephen Tharp will highlight The University of Alabama School of Music’s 2010 Church Music Conference Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Concert Hall in UA’s Moody Music Building.
‘Rivers of North America,’ Edited by UA Biologist, Released in New Format
A “Field Guide to Rivers of North America,” co-edited by a University of Alabama biologist and based on an award-winning book, was recently published by Academic Press.