UA RISE Program’s Holiday Events Include a Gene Stallings Visit

The University of Alabama’s RISE program will be involved in several holiday-related events/fundraisers, including a ornament signing session by former Alabama football coach Gene Stallings.

Newspaper Publisher Brandt Ayers to Speak at UA’s Winter Commencement Dec. 16

Brandt Ayers, editor and publisher of The Anniston Star, will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s winter commencement ceremony Monday, Dec. 16 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Paradise Lost? CCHS Hosts Lecture at UA

At noon on Dec. 13, in the Willard Auditorium of the DCH Educational Tower, Dr. Robert Kreisberg, a physician and dean of The University of South Alabama’s college of medicine, will deliver a lecture entitled “Hormone Replacement Therapy: Paradise Lost.”

UA Will Host French Lecturer Who Will Recount Life of George Sand

French specialist, Dr. Damien Zanone, from the University Stendhal in Grenoble, France, will give a lecture on Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. in the Anderson Room of the Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Professors Have Key Role in Disappearing Neutrino Research

Results from the first six months of experiments at KamLAND, an underground neutrino detector in central Japan, show that anti-neutrinos emanating from nearby nuclear reactors are “disappearing,” which indicates they have mass and can oscillate, or change, from one type to another.

Media Advisory — Editor’s Speaking Engagement at UA Postponed

The speaking engagement outlined in a University of Alabama news release entitled “Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor will bring Freedom of Information message to UA” and released on Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, has been canceled because of a scheduling conflict.

UA Theta Chi Fraternity to Sponsor Christmas Party for Children at Arcadia Elementary School

The University of Alabama chapter of Theta Chi fraternity is sponsoring a Christmas party for a group of students at Arcadia Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 6.

Alabama High School Students to Hold Youth Summit at UA

More than 300 of the top high school students from around the state will attend the annual Youth Summit at The University of Alabama on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6, to discuss political issues of the day.

Housing Affordability Sets Record in Third Quarter, According to UA Center’s Stats

Housing affordability in Alabama set a record in the third quarter after two consecutive quarters of declines, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center in The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.

Alabama Housing Market Straddling Fence, According to UA Center’s Stats

The Alabama housing market is straddling the fence between slowdown and record sales, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center.