UA Law School to Break Ground on New Building

The University of Alabama School of Law will break ground on its new addition and renovation project Friday, March 18, at 1 p.m.

State Housing Market Sending Mixed Signals for 2005, According to UA Real Estate Center

The Alabama housing market was sending mixed signals at the beginning of the new year, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Dateline Alabama Begins iPod Raffle, Proceeds Go Toward Scholarship

Dateline Alabama, the young adult Web magazine of The University of Alabama, began selling raffle tickets today to win an Apple iPod. Tickets are $1 each and may be purchased on campus in the Ferguson Center March 16 and March 23.

Louisville Institute Grant Presented to UA Professor of Religion and New College

Dr. Theodore Trost, an associate professor of religious studies at The University of Alabama who is cross appointed to New College, has been awarded a research grant from the Louisville Institute, a program of the Lilly Endowment Inc.

Heart Walk to be Held on UA Campus for First Time

The Greater Tuscaloosa Heart Walk, to be held for the first time on The University of Alabama campus, will be March 12 at the UA Field Services Complex on the Intramural Fields.

UA Women’s Empowerment Conference to be April 8-9

Graduate and undergraduate women students have an opportunity to develop their leadership skills through a Women’s Empowerment Conference to be held April 8-9 at The University of Alabama.

Visiting Japanese Students Bid Farewell to UA

A “Farewell Ceremony” for visiting nursing students from Japan’s Chiba University will be held Thursday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in The University of Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall.

Top Financial Adviser Stewart Welch to Serve as UA Executive-in-Residence March 17

Stewart Welch, owner of The Welch Group, a comprehensive financial planning firm in Birmingham, will serve as an executive-in-residence Thursday, March 17 for the College of Human Environmental Sciences at The University of Alabama.

Renowned Law Professor to Speak at UA Law School

Cass R. Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School and a member of the department of political science, will deliver the Daniel Meador Lecture on Risk and the Law March 8 at 2 p.m. at The University of Alabama School of Law.

UA’s Annual Conference on Race and Place to Attract Presenters Nationwide

The University of Alabama will host the fourth annual “Race and Place” conference, organized by the history department, March 10-12.