Archive for ‘March 31st, 2008’

Pre-med Student Unearths ‘New Piece of the World’ in Honors Class

March 31, 2008 - Filed under: News

"The kind of education I like best is one that shows students a new piece of the world they didn’t know existed,” says Dr. Robert Halli, dean of UA’s Honors College. “Their life’s gotten bigger because of it.”

Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Takes Second in National Competition

March 31, 2008 - Filed under: News

The UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team came in second by only one point in the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in Champaign, Ill.

Rural Medical Educators from 10 States Meet at UA

March 31, 2008 - Filed under: News

Dr. Jim Leeper, professor of Community and Rural Medicine in the College of Community Health Sciences, and the Rural Medical Scholars Program recently hosted the National Rural Health Association Rural Medical Educators Annual Conclave at UA.

Accolades for March 31, 2008

March 31, 2008 - Filed under: Accolades

Lochman Receives Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award, Lazer Writes Book of Essays and Web-based Chapbook, Burkett Named Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor in Engineering, Ray Receives OSHA Certification

Oodles of Leaves Call UA Herbarium Home

March 31, 2008 - Filed under: Cover Story

The UA campus is home to millions of leaves, perhaps most prominent in the new growth emerging each spring from the majestic oaks and on the azaleas preparing to dazzle.