Dr. Kevin Morgan, an associate of gerontology in the department of the Human Sciences/Sleep Research Center at Loughborough University, United Kingdom, will present “Impact of Respite Care on the Sleep of People with Dementia and their Primary Caregivers” Monday Oct. 16 at noon in 111 AIME Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark will meet with media at a news briefing at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus. The briefing will be in the Nichols Room.
The University of Alabama Creative Campus arts initiative will unveil original art work created by student residents of the new Lakeside Residential Community on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Lakeside west lobby.
The outer layers of this sun-like star, the Ring Nebula, float away, leaving the star’s former core to slowly cool and fade as a white dwarf, in this image captured from a University of Alabama campus telescope.
Deborah M. Lane has been named executive director of public relations at The University of Alabama.
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center in conjunction with the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Association, Intrafraternity Council, women’s studies department and the interactive drama group Unscripted will sponsor a candlelight vigil at Denny Chimes on Wednesday, Oct.11 at 6:30 p.m.
An article in the Journal of Applied Finance places The University of Alabama’s finance department among the top two dozen or so universities producing doctoral graduates who go on to attain titled positions in finance education. Professors reach these levels, the article notes, in “recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in research and/or teaching.”
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility will host the final round of the second annual Moral Forum Tournament Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater on campus.
Dr. Arthur C. Benke, a professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama whose latest book has won national honors, is the winner of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award.
The Licensing Executives Society named an agreement between The University of Alabama and chemical giant BASF one of its “2006 Deals of Distinction” in connection with its annual meeting in New York City in August.