Sometimes the court system fails miserably and there is no justice at all. Such is the case with Joyce Ann Brown, who was wrongly accused and convicted of a crime she did not commit. She then spent more than nine years in the Texas Department of Corrections working to secure her release.
The 17th annual Sakura (cherry blossom) Festival, a celebration of Japanese culture and friendship, is scheduled for March 1-31.
During the month of March, The University of Alabama will celebrate the 17th annual Sakura Festival, a festival that promotes the understanding of Japanese culture. The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library will sponsor a special exhibit in conjunction with Sakura.
The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association will present its first performing arts program “Reflections in Black: The Spirit of Togetherness,” on Monday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theater.
Tiffany Cochran, anchorperson for the Atlanta news morning show “Alive News” and daughter of celebrity defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, will visit UA as a part of the University’s African-American Heritage Month celebration. Cochran will speak on “Renewal of Mind, Body, and Spirit Through Christ,” on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.
The public is invited to an appreciation reception for University of Alabama interim President Barry Mason on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the lobby of Rose Administration building.
The numerous studies showing how Alabama’s state and local tax structure unfairly burdens the poor and the fact that we are facing the most serious fiscal crisis since the Great Depression compels you to take action. Biblically based Judeo-Christian ethical principles, which most of you have adopted, hold you, as our political leaders, to the highest level of accountability to eliminate this injustice poisoning our state.
Results from the first year of experiments at KamLAND, an underground neutrino detector in central Japan, show that anti-neutrinos emanating from nearby nuclear reactors are “disappearing,” which indicates they have mass and can oscillate or change from one type to another.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently announced Drs. Raghvendra Pandey, Robert Pitt and Doru Stefanescu have been appointed Cudworth Professors for their excellence in scholarship, research and teaching. The James R. Cudworth Memorial Engineering Professorship Fund was established in 1984 in memory of James Cudworth, former dean of the College of Engineering.
The University of Alabama chapter of the Alabama Environmental Council (AEC) started its weeklong campus recycling drive today in front of Morgan Hall on the UA campus. The AEC will collect recyclables from students each day through Friday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.