The annual statewide Alabama Launchpad business plan competition for technology and high-growth ideas has attracted 41 teams to compete in its second season. The University of Alabama has 12 participating teams, the most of any institution.
Think, for a second, about the size of a red blood cell. Now, imagine anything that’s about 7,000 times smaller. That would be a nanometer. It’s also representative of the world in which a host of University of Alabama researchers are involved.
This year’s freshman class of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at The University of Alabama are giving back to the West Alabama community in a service project to help five families who have critically ill babies in intensive care at DCH Regional Medical Center.
Dennis Lockhart, the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Economic Outlook Conference scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17 and presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
Dr. Metka Zupančič, associate professor of French and modern languages at The University of Alabama, pays tribute to one of the most influential women writers in France with her latest work.
In an annual event that helps others while getting the community in the holiday spirit, The University of Alabama chapter of Circle K will host its Luminaries on the Quad on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 5-8 pm.
Dr. James R. Otteson, University of Alabama professor of philosophy and Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Fellow, will speak on “Grand Unification Social Theory: Bringing It All Together in Ethics and Politics” Thursday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
Dr. Jeff Weddle, assistant professor in The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will talk about his new book “Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press” and screen a documentary film on the subject Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
The 2008 Miss University of Alabama competition will take place Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Morgan Hall Auditorium on the UA campus.
Total home sales in Alabama during October reflected the most significant monthly retreat this year by posting a decline of 12.25 percent when compared to October of last year, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.