Synovus Foundation of Columbus, Ga., has made a gift to The University of Alabama to endow a debate program known as the Moral Forum and name it in honor of UA alumnus and long-time supporter James P. “Jim” Hayes Jr.
University of Alabama researchers have identified five genes within animal models displaying protective capabilities against a hallmark trait of Parkinson’s disease.
David M. Shribman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will be on The University of Alabama campus to discuss “The New Architecture of Journalism” Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. in 205 Amelia Gorgas Library.
Dr. Ted Sider, professor of philosophy at New York University, will be the next speaker in the “Philosophy Today” series of public lectures at The University of Alabama.
A select group of students at The University of Alabama, who are all “number one” in their families, were recognized as this year’s UA Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at a luncheon held in their honor on campus this week.
Despite the recent and anticipated downward trend in Alabama home sales, which continued in December, Alabama ended 2007 with 57,083 units sold, a modest year-over-year decline of 5 percent when compared to the high double-digit declines experienced by its regional and national counterparts, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.
Professor comments on taxes and theology – Pediatrician to speak
Popular German puppeteer, Uwe Spillmann, will perform his “Strolling Puppeteer Theater” on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. at The University of Alabama in 150 Shelby Hall.
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center will host the first “Your Story … My Story,” a one-hour intercultural and interfaith conversation on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in 301-B Ferguson Center.
Dr. Douglas Gibler, assistant professor of political science in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for research into understanding global conflict.