Kevin A. Roth, M.D., Ph.D., has been named editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Pathology (AJP). Roth holds the Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Roth, a renowned researcher on the molecular regulation of neuronal cell death, joined the UAB faculty ...

The Mobile Jewish Film Festival will show several contemporary films at the University of South Alabama and other Mobile venues to celebrate its 12th anniversary. The films will be screened Jan. 6-22. In addition, the festival will present a student film at four local high schools. The film festival is ...

Alabama FCCLA Students Explore Career Opportunities, Learn New Leadership Techniques, and Build Self-Esteem In Dynamic Personal Development Workshops Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama students recently traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended the 2012 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Cluster Meeting, on November 16-18. “Make Your Mark” was the ...

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University senior Sam Cook, majoring in hotel and restaurant management, bested more than 160 students from around the world to place first in the second annual ICHRIE Restaurant Management Challenge. Three of Cook's classmates also placed in the top 10 in the two-week online competition for college ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama President Judy Bonner has named Dr. B. Joyce Stallworth to the new position of associate provost for special projects. Stallworth joined the UA faculty in 1995 and has served as senior associate dean of the College of Education since 2004. In her new role, she ...

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Lee Spruiell, an Auburn University alumnus and health care professional, has donated $500,000 to establish the Lee Spruiell Annual Fund for Excellence within Auburn's College of Liberal Arts' Health Services Administration Program. The annual fund will be used to expand international internship opportunities for students in the program. ...

Alabama’s own alternative-country rocker Patterson Hood will make his debut at UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center (ASC) on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. The ASC welcomes the Drive-By Truckers co-founder, a native of Muscle Shoals, for an introspective show spotlighting his third solo recording, “Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance,” which ...

TUSCALOOSA | With a final shout of “Ka-boom!” from the 100 or so volunteers who helped construct it, a new playground officially opened Monday at Rosedale Park in an area still rebuilding after the April 27, 2011, tornado. The installation was the culmination of efforts of the Tuscaloosa County Park and ...

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University will award 1,441 academic degrees during two fall graduation ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 8, in Auburn Arena. The 10 a.m. ceremony will include the colleges, schools and programs of Architecture, Design and Construction; Engineering; Interdisciplinary Studies; Liberal Arts; Nursing; and Sciences and Mathematics. The 2 p.m. ceremony ...

Two new works by UAB University Professor of Music Henry Panion III, Ph.D., will be among the first in a series of efforts in 2013 to commemorate the seminal events of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. As an institution committed to service, excellence, diversity and community involvement, ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama Circle K student organization will host their annual Luminaries on the Quad event Sunday, Dec. 9, at dusk. The festive event is open to the public. It is a community service leadership project in which Circle K members arrange thousands of luminary candles on ...

Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, a professor and research center executive director in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, has been appointed to a prestigious post in the German scientific research community. Balasubramanian is chair of the Transport scientific advisory committee within the Helmholtz Association, an umbrella organization of ...

TUSCALOOSA | Xiangrong Shen has a goal — to improve the quality of life for amputees. To do this, he is developing a prosthesis that functions and feels like human muscle. “When you build something to replace a human limb, you want the device to be as similar as possible (to ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Kristen Iversen, author of the highly-acclaimed book, “Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats,” an autobiography about growing up near a nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, will give a lecture, “Rocky Flats and the Secrets of the Cold War,” Tuesday, Nov. 27 ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Applications for Ignite UA, a community-building program offered by First Year Experience at The University of Alabama are being accepted through Monday, Nov. 19. Ignite UA is a program for freshman and transfer students as they transition to life during their first year at UA. “Students who take advantage ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Amelia K. Ward, professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been elected to a prestigious position with the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ward will serve a three-year term on the 15-member NEON board of directors. The results of the election, held to fill the ...

The hilariously multi-talented performer Martin Short will bring his best-loved characters and sketches to UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center for a Friday night show on Dec. 14, 2012. Short, a Canadian-American actor, writer, comedian, singer and producer, is well known for his brand of comedy: a host of characters along with improvisational skills second ...

UAB’s Better Breathers Club has announced their slate of meetings for 2013. The Better Breathers Club is a community based effort to offer support for pulmonary patients and their families. BBC allows them to meet and learn about their condition from concerned health care professionals in a supportive environment. The Better ...