After three consecutive quarters of record setting highs the Alabama Housing Affordability Index fell in the third quarter, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Daniel J.J. Ross, director of the University of Nebraska Press since 1995, has been named director of The University of Alabama Press.
Unlike its well-publicized and environmentally troubled neighbor, the Cahaba, Alabama’s Sipsey River doesn’t get much attention. But a pair of University of Alabama researchers, who recently studied portions of the Sipsey’s biodiversity, say waiting until environmental problems arise before appreciating the area’s richness would be a mistake.
The University of Alabama and Auburn University may be the state’s most famous rivals on the football field, but the presidents of the two institutions say they stand together in their support for fair funding for education.
Writers Inman Majors and Janet McAdams will read from their work on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m., in 205 Smith Hall, as part of this year’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series at The University of Alabama. The event is free and open to the public.
East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and the Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Project Office in Huntsville have been named the winners of the 2001 Alabama Quality Award by the Alabama Productivity Center, located on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama chapter of the NAACP will hold a Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s Bama Dining and the UA Student Government Association will be preparing and serving holiday meals at the Community Soup Bowl on Monday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Typically, when college students enter an online message board they are likely to be discussing movies or the latest videos on MTV, but a select group of students in Dr. Guy Caldwell’s class at The University of Alabama are using their online time to discuss one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs ever – the Human Genome Project.
Cornelius Carter, a University of Alabama associate professor, has been named 2001 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.