UA’s Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority Host ‘Get on the Ball’ for Children’s Miracle Network

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority at The University of Alabama want everyone at the Capstone to “Get on the Ball” for Children’s Miracle Network.

UA in the News: March 26, 2008

Ex-UA linebacker Victor Ellis loses battle with cancer – UA’s faculty senate elects officers – Off-campus living info. sessions offered – Honors College students to mentor local high school students – and more…

Most of State’s ‘Micropolitan’ Areas Grow; Relocations Propel Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Area to National Lead, According to UA Center

If the Gulf Shores Parkway – Highway 59 for you old-timers – seemed more crowded than normal during the recent spring break, it probably was. And, not just because of spring break traffic.

UA Student News: March 25, 2008

DATES TO REMEMBER March 25 Off-campus housing information session, 6:30 p.m. at Burke Hall and 7:30 p.m. at Tutwiler Hall Graduation Celebration, 9–6 p.m., Ferguson Ballroom March 26 University Stewards applications due SPIRIT Scholarship applications due Graduation Celebration, 9-6 p.m., Ferguson Ballroom March 27 Off-campus Housing information session, 6:30 p.m. at Paty Hall and 7:30

UA in the News: March 25, 2008

UA profs’ study finds most university TV ads depict white dominance – UA faculty comment on tax structures, real estate – and more…

UA’s Everywoman Book Club to Discuss ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’

The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, will meet to discuss “The Other Boleyn Girl” by Philippa Gregory on Thursday, March 27, at noon in The Globe Restaurant.

UA in the News: March 14-24, 2008

UA Press book recounts Cold War tale – Museums on UA campus – UA faculty comment on Alabama’s increase in migrant population, water restrictions, gas prices, African-American churches, separation of church and state – UA students give back during spring break – UA events – Student honors – and more…

UA Engineering Students Prepare for Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe Competitions

Do you think it is impossible to float a concrete canoe? Can you design and construct a replacement for a century-old bridge that spans a river and adjacent floodways?

Psychologist Whose Program Intervenes with Children with Aggressive Behavior Receives UA’s Burnum Award

Dr. John E. Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair in Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, director of the Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems and co-developer of the “Coping Power” program to help treat persistent and disruptive aggressive behavior in children, is the recipient of The University of Alabama’s 2007 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.

UA’s Summersell Center Stages ‘Race, Place’ Conference, Plans Significant Projects on History of Alabama

Through an upcoming conference, an investigation of an African-American architect and a database for Civil War manuscripts, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at The University of Alabama continues to broaden our knowledge of the region’s exciting and varied heritage.