UA in the News: April 19-21, 2008

UA Honors Day – UA team finds new mercury alternative – Social Work students hold picnic to aid city’s neighborhoods – Terry Saban profile – Olympic Triathlon Trails on UA campus – UA golf team wins SEC championship – UA faculty provide expert commentary on Don Siegelman, Alabama’s sales tax structure, Alabama’s roads, energy drinks, snakes, and majorettes – UA events and honors – and more…

UA’s Phi Delta Theta hosts Annual Walk to Defeat ALS

The University of Alabama chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity will be hosting the Walk to Defeat ALS on Saturday, May 3, beginning at 11 a.m. on the Quad.

UA in the News: April 18, 2008

Honors Day events – Cynthia Cooper to speak on campus — UA considers environmental concerns – Business professor named to review board – UA student wins nearly $38,000 on Wheel of Fortune – and more…

UA Mechanical Engineering Students Prepare Vehicles for SAE Competitions

What makes members of The University of Alabama’s Society of Automotive Engineers teams more skilled than NASCAR drivers? UA’s SAE teams not only drive, but they also design, build, test and race their team’s vehicles.

UA Doctoral Student Seeks Subjects for Study of Insomnia in the Grief Process

James Soeffing, a doctoral candidate in psychology working at The University of Alabama’s Sleep Research Project, is conducting a study that focuses on the type of insomnia that occurs after a person loses a loved one.

New Research Journal to Debut this Fall at UA

A new journal with the mandate of bridging the traditional gaps between teaching, research and service on American campuses will be published at The University of Alabama beginning this fall.

Scholarship, Leadership Recognized in 2008 UA Honors Day

The University of Alabama honored its top students of 2007-2008 for their academic achievement and leadership Friday, April 18, during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 14-18.

UA in the News: April 17, 2008

UA students hold memorial for VT victims – UA professor receives French honor – and more…

UA’s Everywoman Book Club to Feature Guest Poet

The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, April 24, at noon in The Globe Restaurant with special guest Theresa Pappas, a poet who will read a selection of her work.

UA’s Alabama Center for Real Estate Announces the ACRE Professional Development Series

A new initiative has been created by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama. The ACRE Professional Development Series will bring experts in the field of real estate to cities throughout the state of Alabama.