The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association has announced the winners from the final round of the 2006-2007 Business Plan Competition for African-American students.
The Rose Gladney Lecture for Justice and Social Change will be held at The University of Alabama W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library on March 21 at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker Joan C. Browning.
R.B. Walker, a student at The University of Alabama from Montgomery, has been elected president of the UA Student Government Association for the 2007-2008 term.
Dr. Robert Taylor, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently elected to the grade of fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team finished third overall at the 2007 Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Championships held in Warm Springs, Ga., March 1-4.
Tom Martz, vice president for advancement at UA, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Indiana University Alumni Association. He will begin his new duties April 1.
Best-selling author Gay Talese will give a public talk in 205 Gorgas Library Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the University Libraries Lecture Series.
Existing home sales in Alabama experienced a substantial decrease of 20.4 percent from December 2006 to January 2007, according to the Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Researchers at The University of Alabama are offering clues as to why some people appear to have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease following exposure to a widely used chemical weed killer.
As part of a yearlong 25th anniversary celebration, Alabama Public Radio will host a concert featuring the Avett Brothers with opening act Will Kimbrough on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa.