The Alabama housing market set another record in August with 3,901 homes sold, 1.8 percent above July’s revised figure of 3,832 homes sold. The revised figures reflect the inclusion of the Enterprise market, which had not been included in earlier releases because of reporting problems, according to a spokesman for the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center (AREREC) at The University of Alabama.
Dr. Berry H. “Nick” Tew Jr., director of Geographic Information Systems for the Geological Survey of Alabama, has been named state geologist and director of the Geological Survey and supervisor of the State Oil and Gas Board.
If less is more, researchers in The University of Alabama’s Center for Materials Information Technology, or MINT, have struck gold in their attempts to discover how to store greater amounts of data in smaller storage spaces.
Entertainment, lawn decorations, a parade and pep rally are all part of The University of Alabama tradition of celebrating Homecoming Week, scheduled this year for Oct. 13-19.
Dr. Ed Richardson, superintendent for the Alabama Board of Education, will be on The University of Alabama campus Monday, Oct. 7 to meet with UA administrators, including UA interim President Barry Mason, about the new UA Superintendents Academy (UASA).
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has selected University of Alabama student Kana Ellis of Northport as the first recipient of the Honors Student of the Year Award.
Five outstanding business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 10.
More than 200 students from several colleges and universities in the Southeast have updated their resumes and organized their portfolios in anticipation of the seventh annual “Making it in the Media” job fair on The University of Alabama campus Friday, Oct. 11, 2002.
The University of Alabama is forming a partnership with Central Alabama Community College to provide a more convenient way for registered nurses to earn advanced degrees in nursing.
The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies recently presented the 17th annual Award for Teaching Excellence to Dr. Raymond L. Guffin Jr., Stillman College professor, and Dr. Linda Olivet, UA Capstone College of Nursing professor emeritus.