Announcements

UA Faculty Members Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Four faculty members at The University of Alabama were selected as 2015 – 2016 Academic Leadership Development Program fellows by the Southeastern Conference. The UA fellows –

UA Offers Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat

The University of Alabama’s Panhellenic Association will host its annual Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. Children from the Tuscaloosa area ages 12 and younger are invited to dress up in Halloween costumes without masks and visit the lawns of the campus sorority houses on Magnolia and Colonial drives for candy and activities. Tutwiler and Harris residence halls will also host trick-or-treaters.

UA’s Vedic Society Presents ‘Sacred Sounds’ Meditation Concert

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Vedic Society at The University of Alabama invites the public to its “Sacred Sounds” musical meditation concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, in the ballroom

UA Part of National STEM Initiative

The University of Alabama is a founding member in a national effort to support minority women and girls interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, the White House recently announced.

Expert to Lecture at UA Law School on Legal Responses to Catastrophes

The University of Alabama School of Law will host Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Kenneth Feinberg at noon Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom 140. The lecture is free and open to the public. Feinberg is an expert in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He has handled financial claims for major crises and disasters. He will lecture on “Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophes: Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges.”

Dean’s List Students Named for UA Summer 2015 Term

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 390 students enrolled during the 2015 summer semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of

UA Enrollment Tops 37,000

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Enrollment at The University of Alabama reached a record 37,100 students this fall, and it includes another academically talented freshman class. Total enrollment is up by 945 students,

UA’s Plank Center Adds Members to its National Board of Advisers

The board of advisers for The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has re-elected five members and added two new advisers, bringing the group to 24.

UA Alumni-Athlete Award Recipients Honored at Football Game

Three University of Alabama alumni — Sylvester Croom Jr., Charles Wayne Owen and Lillie M. Leatherwood — were honored with the 2015 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 12, at Bryant-Denny Stadium on the UA campus.

UA Alumnus, CEO of Halyard Health to Discuss Company Transformations

Robert Abernathy, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Halyard Health Inc., will present “Transforming a Company” for the Helen Crow Mills and John Carroll Mills Lecture Thursday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Mortar Board Room, room 300, of the Ferguson Student Center on The University of Alabama campus.