More than 100 elementary and high-school students from across Alabama will be at The University of Alabama April 21 telling robots what to do and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition.
Dr. David Dixon, professor and holder of the Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, has been named a recipient of one of the first Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards.
Dr. Richard H. Streiffer, professor and past chairman of the department of family and community medicine at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, has been appointed dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, the Tuscaloosa branch campus of the UA School of Medicine.
Dr. Ramana Reddy, ACIPCO Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently named the recipient of a distinguished service award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
Margaret P. Garner, associate professor in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been named director-at-large for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association.
Seth Panitch, associate professor of theatre and head of the Master of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Arts acting programs at The University of Alabama, will direct an Actors Equity Association Showcase production of his comedy “Hell: Paradise Found” in July at the 59E59 Theatre in New York.
Noted Civil War scholar Dr. George C. Rable, the Charles Grayson Summersell Chair in Southern History at The University of Alabama, will receive the 2011 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.
Alabama, when it comes to land area and population, is a study in contradiction. Most of the state is rural, but most of the population lives in urban areas, according to a University of Alabama demographer.
The University of Alabama honored its top students for their academic achievements and leadership Friday, April 6, during the Honors Day Tapping on the Mound Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 1-6.
Emergency preparedness and response will be the focus of the 13th Annual Rural Health Conference presented by The University of Alabama Institute for Rural Health Research.