UA Matters: Avoiding Colds and Flu
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Debra Whisenant provides recommendations to decrease your risk of colds and flu and also to prevent the spread of both to others.
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This week at The University of Alabama: Business Hall of Fame slated for Nov. 12 – UA researcher hopes to change health outcomes – Family Medicine Residency celebrates 40th anniversary — Basowitz lecture – Social Work to begin veterans’ needs assessment – Building taller, sturdier wood buildings – Fall, holidays dangerous time for young – Is Thanksgiving turkey making you tired? — Holiday shopping – Experts offer tips to avoid colds, flu and ways to help elderly parents maintain psychological prowess.
UA in the News: Nov. 6, 2015
Alumni chapter offers higher ed info – Engineering professor comments on aging bridges – Criminal justice research cited – GameDay info – Dance Alabama starts next week … and more …
UA Economic Development Center Seeks to Boost Area Tourism
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development has aided West Alabama groups in the production of two brochures and an appearance at a key tourism showcase in an effort to sell the area to visitors and boost economic development.
UA in the News: Nov. 5, 2015
Football’s off-the-field impacts – Academic Integrity Week – Students combat hunger – Theatre, dance presents ‘Equivocation’
UA Law School Hosts E-Discovery and Technology Law Symposium
The University of Alabama School of Law will host a symposium on Legal Ethics Surrounding E-Discovery and Technology Law at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at the Law School.
Cornell Researcher, Author to Deliver Basowitz Lecture at UA
Dr. Thomas Gilovich, professor of Psychology at Cornell University, will explain the “Enemies of Gratitude” during the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture at The University of Alabama.
UA Offers ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Essay Contest to Students in High School
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences is hosting the 13th annual “To Kill A Mockingbird” Essay Contest. Every high school in Alabama is invited to participate in the contest. Participating high schools should provide students with the essay prompt and choose a winning entry. The College will give the winner from each high school a monetary prize. Those winners should be submitted to the College by Friday, Nov. 20. They will be invited to a luncheon in February 2016. The statewide winner will be selected by the College and awarded $500. An additional $500 award will go to that student’s school.
UA Researcher Hopes to Change Health Outcomes One Community at a Time
A University of Alabama researcher is encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own health — and she’s giving them the tools to do just that, thanks to a $7,500 grant.