UA Researchers Strive to Improve Patients’ Moods by Changing Negative Thoughts

With the rural elderly facing many obstacles in seeking services to improve their quality of life, The University of Alabama is bringing some of these services to them.

Alabama Scholastic Press Association Honors Announced

Nearly 300 journalism students and advisers from state high schools were on The University of Alabama campus recently for the annual convention of the Alabama Scholastic Press Association (ASPA).

Alabama Public Radio Receives Regional Murrow Awards

Alabama Public Radio (APR) at The University of Alabama recently collected two honors in the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards competition.

UA Names Ingram Distinguished Nursing Leader

The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing recently presented alumna Kimberly Ingram, associate commissioner for mental illness of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, with its Janet S. Awtrey Distinguished Nursing Leader Award.

State’s Housing Market Shows March Strength, According to UA’s Real Estate Center Stats

The Alabama housing market showed remarkable strength in March with 4,672 homes sold, up 60.9 percent over the previous month, according to figures from the Real Estate Education and Research Center at The University of Alabama.

UA African-American Alumni Association Presents Awards, Supports UA Scholarship Fund

The University of Alabama African-American Alumni Association recently honored a group of outstanding alumni and raised $25,000 to endow a scholarship for a minority student at an Alumni Scholarship Breakfast and reunion held recently in Tuscaloosa.

UA College of Engineering Names New Capstone Engineering Society Director

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Angelia Knight as the Capstone Engineering Society director.

Former UA Professor Named Dean of UA College of Education

Dr. James McLean, a former professor of education at The University of Alabama, has been named dean of UA’s College of Education.

UA Mechanical Engineering Students Compete in a Human Powered Vehicle

Like to ride bicycles? What about human powered vehicles? At first, they might appear to be a different version of the bicycle, and two mechanical engineering student teams from The University of Alabama will test their vehicles in the American Society of Mechanical Engineering East Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge on May 7-9 in Gainesville, Fla.