Sales of existing, single-family homes bounced back 5.6 percent in July, up from June’s decline of 6.7 percent, according to statistics released by the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama Office of Undergraduate Admissions is sponsoring Tuscaloosa College Day on Monday, Sept. 16, from 8:15 a.m. – noon at Coleman Coliseum.
Former Crimson Tide football players Harry Lee of Tuscaloosa and Pat O’Sullivan of Birmingham will receive the 2002 University of Alabama National Alumni Association’s (NAA) Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award on Saturday, Sept. 14, during halftime activities of the UA vs. North Texas State University football game in Tuscaloosa.
A research team in The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering is assisting the U.S. Air Force in selecting the best steel alloy to use in its next generation of air-launched weapons.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring Feast and Focus, a brown bag lunch and lecture series on Tuesdays this fall from noon-1 p.m. in the Forum Room (360) of the Ferguson Center.
The Alabama State Nurses Association will present Dr. Jeanette VanderMeer, assistant professor in The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing, with its Outstanding District/District President Award during the group’s Sept. 12 convention at the Kellogg Conference Center in Tuskegee.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will host a Relationship and Violence Education Support Group for UA female faculty and staff on Wednesdays from noon-1 p.m.
The department of physics and astronomy within The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced its fall schedule of free public viewing events.
Distinguished bioethicist Dr. Glenn McGee will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum to be held Sept.13-14 at The University of Alabama. McGee will present his lecture, “Generation Genome” Friday, Sept.13 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of Morgan Hall on the UA campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Aileen Kilgore Henderson, author of “Tenderfoot Teacher: Letters from the Big Bend, 1952-1954,” will be reading and signing copies of her book at a reception on Tuesday, Sept. 24 on The University of Alabama campus.