UA declared Truman Honor Institution
Crimson White – Oct. 24
The Capstone has been added to a list of schools that includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Brown universities. Because of its high success rate in the Truman Scholarship competition and its core values that promote students to pursue careers in public service, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named the University a 2007 Truman Scholarship Honor Institution…

Research team uses state grant to study blind crayfish
Crimson White – Oct. 24
UA researchers are in the process of disproving a nearly 40-year-old theory about blind crayfish. With the aid of an Alabama wildlife grant, members of the UA biology department are currently studying the life span of blind crayfish in Alabama caves. A theory that originated in the early 1970s suggests cave organisms, specifically blind crayfish, can live for more than 100 years, said Bernie Kuhajda from the biology department…

Engineering student receives highest honor from TMS society
Crimson White – Oct. 24
Nicholas De Leon, a junior majoring in metallurgical engineering, was awarded the J. Keith Brimacombe Presidential Scholarship by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. Ramana Reddy, professor and department head of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering said the scholarship is important because it is an international competition. "This is a scholarship given once a year by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, given to one exceptional student," he said. "It is an international competition and one student in the whole world receives this."…

Author of “Real Pepsi Challenge” Speaks to UA Students
WIAT-CBS 42 on Oct 23
Stephanie Capparell…today speaking to students at Stillman College and University of Alabama…

Sorority, Verizon hold phone drive
Crimson White – Oct. 24
…In recognition of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Verizon Wireless are sponsoring a phone drive to assist local victims of domestic violence. Along with the UA chapter, Alpha Chi Omega chapters from Auburn University and Birmingham-Southern University are also participating. The three chapters will be competing to see who can collect the most phones…

UA doctoral student faces cancer
Crimson White – Oct. 24
Josh Wimberly is like a lot of students at the University. He's a third-year doctoral student studying social work…That Monday, surrounded by his family; he learned that he had colorectal cancer. A benefit concert was held for Wimberly at Little Willie's in downtown Tuscaloosa Thursday to with all proceeds going toward the payment of expenses for his treatment. The idea for a concert came from Allan Kaufman, a social work professor…