UA Parkinson’s Researcher Joins ‘Scientific Dream Team’ Through HHMI Collaborative Innovation Awards

Surprising—sometimes groundbreaking—findings can emerge when scientists follow ideas that stray from the primary path of their research. But these promising detours may prove challenging to pursue for scientists who need to marshal time, expertise, and resources in a constrained funding environment that favors more predictable research proposals.

UA in the News: November 19, 2008

Faculty experts comment on gift giving, tobacco advertising, auto industry bailout and holiday driving – Beat Auburn Beat Hunger – UA events – and more

UA Professor Studies Second Epidemic that Creates AIDS Orphans

A University of Alabama health studies specialist has found that within the AIDS crisis across the Deep South there is a second epidemic affecting the children of those who suffer with the deadly virus.

UA’s West Named Chair of the Board of Trustees for Executive MBA Council

Susan Carver West, assistant dean and head of The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, has been named chair of the board of trustees for the Executive MBA Council.

UA Student News: November 18, 2008

DATES TO REMEMBER Nov. 18 Landlords, Leases and Legalities, Morgan Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 “The Life of a Medical Student,” 310 Ferguson Center, 7 p.m. Nov. 20 Great American Smokeout Beat Auburn Beat Hunger ends Nov. 21 Capstone International Open House Coffee Hour, 105 B.B. Comer, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS • Applications are

UA in the News: November 18, 2008

Last days to participate in Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger drive – UA faculty comment on holiday shopping, home affordability – UA faculty honors

Movement Disorder Researchers Named Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professors at UA

A husband and wife professorial research team, who developed a microscopic worm as an animal model for studying human neurological diseases, are winners of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.

UA’s Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars Make a Difference

The 2008 freshman class of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at The University of Alabama is giving back to their community by serving the children of the Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama.

UA Receives Challenge Grant from The Kresge Foundation

The University of Alabama has received a $200,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation that will be used to help renovate and expand the Jones Archaeological Museum at Moundville Archaeological Park.

UA in the News: November 15-17, 2008

UA athletic department makes donation for academics – Trustees approve stadium expansion – UA expects continued growth — UA prof uses online game Second Life to teach – UA director wins national award – UA faculty provide expert commentary on gas prices, plant layoffs, underemployment rates, and proration