UA Real Estate Center’s Conference Focuses on ‘Shift Age,’ Global Business

The new mindset of interconnected global thinking is considered by some as the “new normal” and is the focus for this year’s Alabama Center for Real Estate conference to be held Friday, Jan. 27, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.

UA Event ‘Something about Sam’ Focuses on Using Humor with Autism

Rick Dowling, faculty-in-residence, and his wife will share their experience of using humor while raising a son with autism in “Something About Sam, Autism Told Through the World of Sitcoms,” Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Researchers to Use Video in Aiding Early Autism Diagnoses

A team of University of Alabama researchers was awarded funding to build a video-based decision-support system aimed at improving diagnosis time for rural Alabama children showing signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

UA Student News for Jan. 20, 2012

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION — UA will celebrate the football team’s recent national championship on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The event will feature the football team and head coach Nick Saban

UA First Year Experience Launches Peer Leaders Program

Applications for Peer Leaders — a program at The University of Alabama that gives upperclassmen the opportunity to serve as role models and mentors to first-year students — are available at fye.ua.edu until Jan. 30.

Students Receive UA Away Scholarships for Service Project in Guatemala

The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named six students who will receive UA Away scholarships to participate in service abroad March 10-17 as part of the Community Service Center Alternative Spring Break program in Guatemala.

UA’s Bryant Museum to Host Preview of HBO Namath Documentary

The Bryant Museum will host a preview of “NAMATH” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 in the Ballroom of the Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus.

Math Center Celebrates 10 Years of Student Success at UA

For the last 10 years, The University of Alabama has offered a technology-centered learning approach for students in the Mathematics Technology Learning Center.

See Four Planets, Moon through UA Telescopes

The moon and four planets are among the celestial objects visitors can peer at through University of Alabama telescopes during public sky viewings throughout the semester.

UA Student News for Jan. 17, 2012

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. DEADLINES TO REMEMBER Essay submissions to Mental Health Monologues, Jan. 20 Registration for Hands on Tuscaloosa service project, Jan. 20, noon Membership applications for the Culverhouse Investment Management Group, Jan. 22, 5 p.m. DATES TO REMEMBER