A decrease in both median home prices and mortgage interest rates affected the Alabama Housing Affordability Index in the fourth quarter of 2006, raising it 3.3 percentage points to 153.4 from the 150.1 figure in the third quarter, according to the Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
As part of African-American Heritage Month events at The University of Alabama, the 2007 Hip Hop Summit “Hip Hop and Beyond” will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 in the Ferguson Center on campus.
Spirituals, hymns and gospel, as well as jazz and blues, will be presented by Grammy Award-winning African female a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock on Feb. 16 as part of The University of Alabama School of Music’s Celebrity Series. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama is participating in “Books for the Alabama Black Belt,” a campaign with a goal of providing one book per child in the state’s 12 Black Belt counties.
The United States and Canadian National Wheelchair Basketball Teams have announced their selections for the 2007 Osaka Cup competition and six student athletes from The University of Alabama have been chosen to represent their respective countries at the international wheelchair basketball tournament.
The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South will present “An Evening of Art and Politics,” in celebration of African American Heritage Month, in the second floor conference room of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus, Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Existing home sales in Alabama increased in December 2006 by 223 homes, or 5.27 percent, over November, with a total of 4,457 units sold compared with November’s 4,234 units, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association’s 2006-2007 Business Plan Competition for African-American Students has named the top seven finalists who will present their plans to a panel of judges on Friday, Feb. 23 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in 111 AIME Building.
The fourth in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with biochemist Dr. Yousif Shamoo. Shamoo will speak on “Thinking Small: Evolution in a World the Size of a Coffee Pot” on Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Coordinating Council for Student Organizations is hosting this year’s CLASS — Capstone Leadership Assembly for Student Success – Conference in the Ferguson Center on Saturday Feb. 24 at 9 a.m.