Dr. Eric Williams, director of the health care management program at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named the chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management.
Jeremy Meade has joined the Alabama Productivity Center at The University of Alabama as a full-time manufacturing outreach coordinator.
The Office of Play Therapy Research & Learning at The University of Alabama has earned the designation as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education.
A summer program at The University of Alabama, funded by the National Science Foundation, is helping prepare the next generation of chemists and scientific researchers.
Dr. Shane Sharpe has been named dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama. Sharpe has been serving as interim dean of the college for the past year and as director of UA’s Computer-Based Honors Program since 2005.
Two groups of students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.
Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama professor and head of civil, construction and environmental engineering, recently received the American Society of Civil Engineering’s ExCEEd Leadership Award.
Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Jefferson Davis Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
The University of Alabama has received five, three-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program that provide fellowships to assist graduate students pursuing fields of study that are in national demand.
A University of Alabama researcher whose work could lead to more affordable hydrogen-powered vehicles on the roadways has been recognized for his contribution to the overall efforts of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Center of Excellence in Chemical Hydrogen Storage.