Cytomegalovirus, commonly known as CMV, is the leading cause of hearing loss in children, as well as the leading infectious cause of brain damage in U.S. children. The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, is involved as a satellite site in a CMV vaccine trial and is looking for participants.
The University of Alabama School of Music’s first Celebrity Series concert of the 2003-04 season will be Empire Brass on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
Native American performing artists, craftspeople, and musicians will entertain and educate visitors during the Moundville Native American Festival, Oct. 1-4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park, 13 miles south of Tuscaloosa off state Highway 69.
A University of Alabama geographer is monitoring the water quality of Florida’s Pensacola Bay without even getting his feet wet. In fact, with some assistance from a satellite orbiting some 438 miles above the Pensacola, Fla. area, he can measure the water’s ever changing quality from his office on the UA campus.
Experts at The University of Alabama have joined with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to provide needed services across the state and in the Black Belt region.
Dateline Alabama, the news web site of the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama, received five awards — two first places, a second and two third places — in the 2003 Society of Professional Journalists’ recent Mark of Excellence competition in Tampa, Fla.
Beginning this fall, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) is sponsoring two recycling programs in University of Alabama residence halls.
The eighth annual “Making it in the Media Job Fair,” one of the longest-running campus job fairs for the communications industries, is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
In rural areas, educators face a variety of hurdles to teach students mathematics and sciences. Poverty, isolation, culture and local customs often impede their effort.
Students invited to attend The University of Alabama’s Capstone Scholars Day on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, will receive a renewable scholarship of at least $1,250 per year for four years, if the student maintains a cumulative 3.0 GPA at the University.