UA Women’s Resource Center To Host “Celebrate Girls!” Banquet
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor a “Celebrate Girls!” banquet on Thursday, April 26, in honor of “Take Our Daughters to Work Day.”
Ribbon Cutting Postponed at Oakman Health Care Center
The ribbon cutting at Capstone Family Health Center, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Oakman, has been postponed indefinitely.
Public Invited To Free UA Celestial Viewing At Moundville Archaeological Park
The department of physics and astronomy at The University of Alabama is inviting the public to participate in a free viewing of celestial objects on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m.
UA’s MBA Case Competition Team Takes Honors In International Meet
The University of Alabama’s MBA program took second place in a prestigious international competition for its analysis of a particularly complex case on the World Bank. This is the fourth year the UA team has entered the competition and has placed in the top 10 three of the four years.
UA / AU Announce Alliance to Support Fair Funding for Higher Education
The presidents and head football coaches of traditional rivals The University of Alabama and Auburn University joined Wednesday to announce the formation of the Alabama-Auburn Alliance in support of fair funding for higher education.
UA National Alumni Association Announces Awards
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) recently named the recipients for the 2001 Distinguished Alumni Awards and 2001 Alumni Student Awards.
UA Honors Week Set For April 16-20
The University of Alabama will honor scholarship and leadership among students and faculty with annual Honors Week activities on campus April 16-20.
UA Women’s Resource Center To Sponsor “Take Back The Night” Rally
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center plans to sponsor a rally and a march for the “Take Back the Night” program on Wednesday, April 11.
Magazine Features Demopolis–City Of The People
Alabama’s Black Belt was once awash in cotton, and every fall the planters who grew it would come to town to do business. In the Black Belt, town often meant Demopolis. Situated at the confluence of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Demopolis has had a storied history, one that arcs and dips with that of the society and economics of the region around it. And, after considerable challenge and some hardship, it thrives today.
Good for Man or Beast: American Patent Medicines from 1865 to 1938
In these days of revolutionary advances in both our medicine and in our understanding of the nature of disease, it is easy to forget that less than 100 years ago, the germ theory was in its infancy, the Food and Drug Administration was merely a glint in FDR’s eye, and trips to the doctor were likely to make patients sicker.