Preventive medicine will be the focus of The University of Alabama’s 10th annual Rural Health Conference, Sept. 17-18 at the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus and the Hotel Capstone next door.
Dr. Philip Westbrook, assistant professor of educational leadership, policy and technology studies, has been named director of the UA Blackburn Institute, a preeminent student leadership agency on campus.
The Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at The University of Alabama will join more than 650 organizations in the United States to observe Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16 – 22.
Cynthia Hope, director of the Office for Sponsored Programs within the division of the Office for Research at The University of Alabama, has been named assistant vice president for research at UA.
UA students can learn more about organizations on campus during “Get Involved, Get on Board!” day Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Ferguson Plaza and Promenade from 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Dr. David T. Beito, professor of history at The University of Alabama, and his wife, Dr. Linda Royster Beito, have published “Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power,” a biography of a civil rights and business leader whose impact in Mississippi and the country is still felt today.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Dr. W. Edward Back director of the Construction Engineering Program.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named two new department heads. Dr. Bob Taylor has been appointed to lead the department of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Viola L. Acoff has been named to direct the department of metallurgical and materials engineering.
Dr. Robin Rogers, Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, will be inducted into the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society for “demonstrated excellence.”
A record number of freshmen in The University of Alabama Honors College will come to campus a week early, Aug. 9-14, to take part in the service-learning projects Alabama Action and Outdoor Action to help the West Alabama community and a region of the Black Belt.