The Year in Brief — August 2002
UA Professor Moves Textbooks into the Information Age with Interactive DVD — Dr. Jeremy Butler, professor of telecommunication and film, brings technology's most recent advancements into the classroom with the development of a new textbook and accompanying DVD.
UA Historian Wins Truman Book Award — Dr. Kari Frederickson, assistant professor of history at The University of Alabama, was named the 2002 winner of the $1,000 Harry S. Truman Book Award for her work, The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968.
UA's New Research Center Addresses Mental Health Needs of Elderly — The new Center for Mental Health and Aging at UA coordinates and expands efforts to assist the elderly and those who care for them.
UA Arboretum Features Children's Garden — The UA Arboretum Children's Garden is a new addition to the UA Arboretum and is the creation of volunteer Brenda Ramey who has designed, planted and maintained the garden to be shared by children and parents.
