Category archives for: World

Delta Gamma, TOMS to fight blindness

Delta Gamma, whose philanthropic focus is sight, has partnered with TOMS in The Great Fight for Sight, a competition between DG chapters to sell eyewear to benefit visually impaired children across the globe. The TOMS Eyewear line, launched this year, offers the same one-for-one donation as its footwear. For every pair of glasses sold, a [...]

Student forms group to help soldiers

When University of Alabama junior Chelsea Pickett watched her younger brother graduate from boot camp at Parris Island earlier this fall, she was moved as she reflected on the generations of military service represented in her family. A daughter of a sergeant major, a granddaughter of a Vietnam veteran and a cousin to several servicemen [...]

Growing number of international students call UA home

In a prelude to the Iron Bowl, the University of Alabama ranked above Auburn in a different classification than football. In 2011, more international students chose to study at UA. According to the Institute of International Education, only 1,022 students chose Auburn while 1,036 chose UA. “The international student enrollment has grown steadily in the [...]

Professors talk foreign economies

In a global economy, David and Goliath are no longer enemies, but sail wearily in the same boat facing the uncertainty of their future, said Tatiana Tsakiropoulou-Summers, associate professor of Classics and UA Ombudsperson. Originally from Greece, Tsakiropoulou-Summers said Greece has had a socialist or capitalist economy with a larger percent of her GDP dedicated [...]

Former faculty member elected prime minister

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Abdurrahim El-Keib, a faculty member at the University in the electrical and computer engineering department from 1985-2005, is the new prime minister of Libya. El-Keib taught power systems, electrical and computer engineering at the University during his time in Tuscaloosa. Libya’s National Transitional Council elected El-Keib as the country’s new prime minister late Monday with [...]

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