Last Days for Beat Auburn Beat Hunger
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 17
Wednesday is the last day to bring your canned goods and monetary donations before everything is counted to decide the winner of the annual Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger that started 15 years ago…
UA Retail Experts Say Parents Will Buy Toys
WINK (Ft. Myers, Fla.) – Nov. 17
Researchers at the University of Alabama think parents will continue buying toys for kids during the holidays as they cut back on other luxuries. But experts think the parents will be buying smaller, cheaper toys.
Report: Alabama homes less affordable
Birmingham Business Journal – Nov. 18
…affordability of homes in Alabama dropped nearly 8 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, while it rose nearly 2 percent in the Birmingham area, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at the University of Alabama…
Education briefs
Birmingham News – Nov. 18
As part of International Education Week at the University of Alabama, Joe Vinson of the University of Scranton will discuss “Chocolate Chemistry: The Science Behind the World’s Guilty Pleasure” on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of Rodgers Library, and the “Science of Coffee” on Thursday at 3 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library. — Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama, was presented the Society of Women Engineers 2008 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award… — Andrew Raffo Dewar, a composer, ethnomusicologist and assistant professor in New College and music at the University of Alabama, has received an ASCAPLUS Award, which supports young ASCAP composers… — A new student organization called Literacy is The Edge has been started at the University of Alabama with the goal of improving literacy rates in West Alabama. LITE was created by 22 students in a graduate class in persuasive communication campaigns taught by Bruce Berger, professor and chairman of the department of advertising and public relations in UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences…