UA’s Stone Appointed to Accounting Foundation Board

The Financial Accounting Foundation has announced that Dr. Mary Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, is one of four appointed to the FAF Board of Trustees.

UA in the News: November 24, 2010

McElroy top Academic All-American – UA aerospace engineering prof studies sharks for better designs for machines – UA prof’s study shows chromium has no nutritional effect – Alabama-Auburn food drive collects over 450,000 pounds of food – and more…

UA Student News for Nov. 23, 2010

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Today Women’s basketball vs. McNeese State, 6 p.m., Coleman Coliseum Nov. 24 Classes dismissed; UA open normal business hours Deadline for submitting nominations for Premier Awards, 5 p.m. Deadline for converting Auburn football tickets

Cutting-edge Jazz Ensemble to Perform at UA’s Ferguson Theatre

The New York-based contemporary jazz group The Thirteenth Assembly will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in the Ferguson Center Theatre at The University of Alabama.

UA In the News: November 23, 2010

UA and AU wrap up food drive – Huge crowds expected for Iron Bowl; UA crew to work on Thanksgiving – UA sorority works with local elementary school to boost reading skills – and more…

2011 Economic Outlook Conference, Organized by UA, Set for Jan. 13

The underlying reasons for the weak economic forecast and how Alabama will fare next year will be discussed at the 2011 Economic Outlook Conference Jan.13 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel. The information may provide some insight on how best to deal with the economic climate.

UA Student’s Award-Winning Research Seeks to Improve Hurricane Warnings

A team of undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Alabama set out to survey people at public events in Pensacola and Jacksonville, Fla., to see how they interpret the “Cones of Uncertainty” and to evaluate different designs that could be easier to interpret.

UA in the News: November 20-22, 2010

Members of UA’s Phi Beta Pi help kids at Holt Elementary learn to read – Bama’s McElroy honored to be a Rhodes Scholar finalist – UA faculty provide expert commentary on Black Friday shopping, Alabama’s jobless rate, consignment shops, Alabama politics – and more…

UA Engineering Student Wins ASME National Award

Bianca Covington, a 2009 University of Alabama graduate in mechanical engineering, was recently awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Charles T. Main Student Section Silver Award, which recognizes student leadership and service.

Deemed Essential to Health for Decades, Chromium Has No Nutritional Effect, UA Researchers Show

Despite a long-held acceptance that healthy diets must incorporate chromium III, new research indicates the element has no nutritional benefit, according to a paper authored by University of Alabama researchers.