UA in the News: July 14, 2009
Surgeon general nominee mentors UA medical students – Actors from Cuba team up with UA theatre department – UA researchers may have found new Parkinson’s treatment
UA in the News: July 11-13, 2009
UA researchers receive $3 million in stimulus dollars — UA exceeds fundraising goal — UA professor studies causes, consequences of corporate infighting — UA photographer brings unique perspective — UA business faculty help Strip merchants to provide WiFi in the fall — Researchers seek de Soto’s Mabila — and more…
UA Researchers Suggest New Approach in Development Efforts for Parkinson’s Therapeutics
Researchers outline today a new approach in the potential development of drugs to counter a cellular defect that triggers Parkinson’s and other diseases.
UA in the News: July 10, 2009
University of Alabama exceeds fundraising goal – More scholarships and financial aid available to UA students – UA study on homelessness – and more…
UA Arts and Sciences’ ‘Space/Place’ Installed at Huntsville Biotech Institute
“Space/Place,” an installation featuring two sculptures of molecules by University of Alabama sculpture professor Craig Wedderspoon, has touched down on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville.
UA Journalism Students Produce French Lifestyle Magazine ‘Alpine Living’
A University of Alabama journalism class recently produced the third edition of Alpine Living, a multimedia lifestyle magazine on French culture, as part of a capstone journalism course in magazine production.
UA in the News: July 9, 2009
UA capital campaign raises almost $613 million — Business school receives $600,000 gift — Longtime UA administrator dies — American Ballet Theatre summer intensive held at UA — Statue added to Woods Quad – UA events and honors – and more…
Noted Economist to Keynote UA CBER’s Economic Update Event
Alabama business executives, policymakers and development professionals will have the opportunity to get an updated outlook for the global, U.S., Alabama and Birmingham economies at a new Mid-Year Economic Update event, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
UA Announces Completion of Successful Capital Campaign
The University of Alabama raised $612,672,016 in the “Our Students. Our Future.” capital campaign that ended on June 30. The original goal of $500 million established at the start of the campaign in 2002 was met in May 2008.
UA in the News: July 8, 2009
Former UA dean remembered as students’ mentor — Ernst & Young pledges $600K to UA accounting program — Homegrown Alabama hosts ‘Bama Loves Tomatoes’ fest