º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× News Archives
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Office of Marketing and Communications has provided the following press releases
for use by media outlets. For assistance, contact Lance Crawford, Director of Media Relations.
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º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Research Team Awarded $87,000 in Statewide Competition
September 26, 2014Alabama Launchpad awarded SpectraCyte for its research into creating advanced endoscopic imaging technology for cancer detection. ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× to Offer Tourism Courses in Gulf Shores
September 26, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and the City of Gulf Shores have announced an agreement to offer º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× courses at the Gulf Shores Cu ... -
Longtime Employees Recognized
September 19, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× employees reaching five-year milestones were recognized by President Dr. Tony G. Waldrop on Sept. 18 a ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× to Celebrate Homecoming 2014 and Community Invited to Attend
September 19, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× will celebrate Homecoming 2014 with the theme, "Clash of the Claws," Oct. 13-18. Student ... -
Alabama Power Gift to Establish Scholars Program
September 15, 2014A generous gift from the Alabama Power Foundation will enable the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s College of Engineering to est ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Constitution Week Events to be Held Sept. 16-17
September 15, 2014Dr. Mark E. Brandon, dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law at the University of Alabama Law School, will speak on Tuesday, ... -
Waldrop Inaugurated as º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s Third President
September 12, 2014Dr. Tony G. Waldrop outlined his vision for the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× before faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends at ... -
Board of Trustees Scholar Named
September 9, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× freshman Jeffrey Hamilton of Foley has been named the first º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Board of Trustees Scholar. ... -
2014 Leisure World Congress Kicks Off
September 9, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× prepares to welcome 350 delegates from 58 countries to campus for the World Leisure Congress event ... -
Trustee Simon Joins Faculty for Workshop Presentation
September 8, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Board of Trustees Vice Chair Ken Simon joined Mitchell College of Business professors Bob Shearer and Jeanne Maes in a worksho ... -
Public Invited to Presidential Inauguration
September 4, 2014The inauguration of Dr. Tony Waldrop as the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s third president will take place Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. ... -
Southern Light's digital and physical footprint at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Technology and Research Park is expanding. ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Enrollment Tops Record 16,000 Students
August 25, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× has reached another milestone, with record enrollment surpassing 16,000 students for the 2014 fall ... -
New Greek Life Coordinator Named
August 22, 2014Landry Underwood from Choctaw, Okla., has joined the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s Office of Student Affairs as coordinator o ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Kicks Off New School Year
August 18, 2014More than 700 º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× faculty, staff, students and alumni helped students move into residence halls on Saturda ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Joins Community Dialogue on Race
August 18, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× faculty member Dr. Joel' Lewis, associate professor of professional studies in the College of Edu ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× debuts º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× News site
August 15, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× News features stories that reflect the achievements of º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× students, faculty and staff; current events on campus; and the impa ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× President Tony G. Waldrop this morning joined Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson and three other Mobile insti ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× President Dr. Tony G. Waldrop continued the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s successful relationship with Fuzhou University ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× hosted the Alabama Banking School this week. Thirty-nine participants graduated Friday at a commen ... -
Project Advances in Statewide Competition
July 21, 2014A º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×-affiliated research team creating advanced endoscopic imaging technology for cancer detection has be ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× College of Nursing has been awarded a grant from the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's New Careers in Nursing ... -
Dr. Bob G. Wood of Salisbury University in Maryland has been named dean of the Mitchell College of Business at the University of S ... -
A committee representing º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× students, faculty, and staff has selected "Listening is an Act of Love: ...
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A º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× research team released data this week suggesting mixed results from residents flushing plumbing syst ...
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The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Board of Trustees announced today the creation of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Board of Trustees Endowed Scholarship Fu ...
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Southwest Alabama has been awarded the designation of Manufacturing Community by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Universi ...
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The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× department of communication students partnered with Protect America, a national home security comp ...
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Governor Appoints New and Returning Trustees
May 21, 2014Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed four new members to the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Board of Trustees. In addition, two trustees ... -
Employee Annual Fund Raises Second-Largest Total
May 7, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× employees this year donated the second-largest amount in the history of the Employee Annual Fund. In a ... -
Jean Botti, Airbus Group's chief technical and innovation officer, will address graduates at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×& ...
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Abraham A. Mitchell Cancer Research Fund
April 9, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× has announced more than $300,000 in awards from the Abraham A. Mitchell Cancer Research Fund, whic ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, Mobile AHEPA Chapter
April 8, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and members of Mobile's Greek community broke ground Saturday, April 5, for the construction ... -
Dr. Tony G. Waldrop Begins
April 2, 2014Dr. Tony G. Waldrop today began his first day as president of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× in much the same way he begins most ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Researchers Pursuing Early Detection Screening
March 21, 2014º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× scientists and clinicians are expanding research that could lead to early detection and pre-diagnosis ... -
Guest Lecturer Dr. Mike Burmester to Speak at CFITS
March 21, 2014Dr. Mike Burmester, professor of computer science at Florida State University and director of the Center for Security and Assuranc ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Master of Public Administration Program Adds Geographical Information Concentration
March 21, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s department of political science and criminal justice will add a Geographical Information Te ... -
The University's Center for the Study of War and Memory and the Gender Studies Program will present the War, Memory and Gende ...
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Dr. Ron Franks to Receive Friend of Pharmacy Award
March 21, 2014Dr. Ron Franks, vice president for health sciences at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, has been named a recipient of the 2014 Frie ... -
Two graduate students in chemical engineering won top honors Thursday, March 13, at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s first 3 ...
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Two service leader couples, a NASA executive, an actress, a hotel management entrepreneur and a doctor who leads the University of ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians have announced the creation of a Native American studies prog ...
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Governor: Higher education 'integral part' of job creation
February 27, 2014Thousands of university students, including a strong delegation from the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, converged on the statehouse ... -
2014 Employee Annual Fund Kicks Off
February 26, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× kicked off its 2014 Employee Annual Fund on Feb. 25, opening a campaign that brings together emplo ... -
Dr. Elizabeth Emery Lecture
February 24, 2014Dr. Elizabeth Emery, professor of French at Montclair State University in New Jersey, will present two lectures at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× on March 10 ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Presents 2014 Howard F. Mahan Lecture
February 21, 2014Dr. Patrick J. Maney, professor of history at Boston College, will deliver a lecture on former President Bill Clinton and his admi ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× College of Education Presents a Program on "Educating African-American Males"
February 21, 2014The College of Education at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× invites the University community to attend a presentation to feature D ... -
Jim Yance Honored for Service to º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×
February 19, 2014Mobile attorney James A. "Jim" Yance, the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s first undergraduate alumnus to serve as Cha ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Researcher Selected by Governor for Water Quality Research, Testing Already Underway in West Virginia
February 13, 2014West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has tapped a º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× environmental engineer to lead an independent review ... -
Curran Donates Siegelman Research Papers to The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×
February 12, 2014The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library today announced that it has received and deposit ...