After increasing for most of the year and setting a record in June, the number of existing homes sold in Alabama fell by a whopping 12.8 percent in July, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama. Sales dropped to 5,260 units, down from 6,032 units in June.
The Bryant Museum on The University of Alabama campus has opened a new exhibit, “California Rose to Southern Sugar.”
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced that the late James D. “Jim” Loftin Sr. and Robert “Bobby” Kendall Luna are the 2006 recipients of the Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award.
With Hurricane Katrina’s intense destruction in 2005, government officials and private citizens can no longer take public infrastructure for granted. Through a series of research projects, The University of Alabama’s Aging Infrastructure Systems Center for Excellence is improving the productivity and resilience of aging assets in America.
Popular author and editor Daniel Pink will deliver a public lecture titled “A Whole New Mind” Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Friday night marks The University of Alabama’s initial public sky viewing of the fall semester with a close look, weather permitting, at Jupiter and the moon.
The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies is sponsoring the 19th annual Alabama Governor’s Safety and Health Conference Aug. 28-30 at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach.
The University of Alabama Coordinating Council for Student Organizations is holding Get on Board Day 2006 on Wednesday, Aug. 30 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Quad.
The University of Alabama Wheelchair Basketball program will hold picture day Friday, Aug. 25 from 3-5 p.m. at Coleman Coliseum.
A study published in the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association ranks The University of Alabama real estate program 28th in real estate research. The study also ranks Dr. Leonard Zumpano, professor of finance and director of the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center, No. 46 among the top 50 individual authors who have published in the top three real estate journals based on the influence of research works as measured by citations.