Pricewaterhouse gives UA $1 million
Birmingham News – Aug. 28
Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has pledged $1 million to the University of Alabama to support accounting programs in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. The money will support three permanent funds, each named in honor of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its CEO, Alabama alum Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr
The funds will be used to attract nationally ranked faculty and support doctoral students and research.
Birmingham Business Journal – Aug. 28
Fox6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 27
UA fans may face delays
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 28
University of Alabama football fans attending the Crimson Tide’s season opener against Clemson should prepare for travel delays because of major interstate construction in Atlanta over the Labor Day weekend…Paulk-Buchanan said the construction should not have as much of an impact on motorists from Tuscaloosa and West Alabama who are going directly to the game because they will be entering the city on I-20 East and can exit to the Georgia Dome without getting on I-75/85. Everyone attending the game, however, should allow for extra travel time…
Hungry? Go to the houndstooth hat
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 28
A giant houndstooth hat hoisted into Bryant-Denny Stadium on Wednesday morning will sit above a new concession stand, The Bear’s Den…It is part of an effort by Centerplate Inc., the company selected earlier this year to manage concessions at the stadium, to spruce up game-day services in the stadium…
Bama Bikes rides off to a hot start
Crimson White – Aug. 28
…Last spring, that program launched in the form of Bama Bike and has since blossomed into the bike rental program a large number of Capstone students are familiar with. “We’ve seen tremendous growth in the program and this semester we’re going to be looking into possible avenues for expansion,” said Alex Flachsbart, a senior majoring in economics and political science, and former student chair for the Bama Bike program. Flachsbart said the program serves 179 students with 36 bikes they have to rent out…