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Area Students Receive Honors from UA – Montgomery Area

Area Students Receive Honors from UA

Area Students Receive Honors from UA – Birmingham Area

Area Students Receive Honors from UA

Bruno Foundation and UA to Give High School Students Inside Look at ‘Hot’ Nursing Profession

Twenty rising high school seniors from across the state will be heading to the Capstone for a week of hands-on experience at an academy hosted by The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, giving high school students first-hand insight into the fastest growing profession in the United States.

UA Engineering Students Race Formula SAE Car

“Vroom, vroom:” is the sound University of Alabama Society of Automotive Engineers members love to hear when they rev the engine of their Formula SAE car. Recently, 20 mechanical engineering students participated in an international competition in Detroit, Mich.

Former UA All-American Ozzie Newsome Returns to Host Golf Tournament June 18-19

Former University of Alabama All-American and Baltimore Ravens executive Ozzie Newsome will return to Tuscaloosa June 18-19 as the honorary chair of the fourth annual Bridge Builder Celebrity Golf Classic, scheduled for the Ol’ Colony Golf Course.

Society for Military History Honors UA Professor’s Book

The Society for Military History recently presented its 2004 Distinguished Book Award in American History to a book written by Dr. George Rable, a University of Alabama history professor.

UA Engineering Students Win First Place at Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

A University of Alabama mechanical engineering student team won first place at the East Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, a regional competition held at the University of Florida.

UA Museum Expedition to Excavate 18th Century French Fort

Experts with The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will lead a team of youth and adult explorers to excavate the remains of Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka, in four sessions, June 6-30.

UA History Professor Who was One of First to Revisit Emmett Till Case Skeptical of Successful Conclusion

While this month’s announcement of the federal reopening of a 1955 racially charged murder case is drawing national media attention, a University of Alabama history professor who audio taped interviews with key case witnesses says he’s skeptical renewed interest will bring justice.

UA English Professor, Veteran Reveals Thoughts on Vietnam

Dr. Philip D. Beidler, professor of English at The University of Alabama and armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, says he sees less and less of the common soldier’s hard-won perspective in what America has since made of that war.