University of Alabama engineering students will compete in the IEEE SoutheastCon Hardware competition March 17-20 in Nashville, Tenn. Each team must build an autonomous robot, meaning it operates on its own without a driver, to navigate a course.
National Problem Gambling Awareness Week will be recognized at The University of Alabama March 6-12. The week is a grassroots, public awareness campaign.
A four-member team of operations management graduate students from The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business placed ninth in the Avnet Tech Games RedPrairie Supply Chain Challenge.
Recipients of the 2011 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced by UA President Robert E. Witt at an awards ceremony and dinner Feb. 24.
The President’s Cup, awarded to the top chapter in each of the four Greek governing councils at the Greek Excellence Awards Banquet each year at The University of Alabama, has been renamed the Witt Cup in recognition of the support and vision UA President Robert E. Witt has shown the Greek community.
Edward Patton, a senior from Tuscaloosa majoring in economics and finance, became the third University of Alabama student to attend the National Association of Health Underwriters annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Applications are now available for the 2011-2012 class of Documenting Justice, a two-semester course in documentary filmmaking that gives University of Alabama students of all majors the opportunity to explore social justice issues in their state or around the world through the creation of nonfiction films.
The University of Alabama Supply Store will hold a Graduation Celebration on Wednesday and Thursday, March 23-24, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza and Friday, March 25, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Supe Store lobby.
The University of Alabama Honors College will host Kavita Ramdas on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. in 205 Gorgas as a guest speaker for the Faculty-in-Residence series.
Valerie Stewart, a junior from Camden majoring in interior design, was recently selected as the 2011 Miss University of Alabama.