Small towns have more difficulties than cities in attracting expanding businesses and enticing entrepreneurs to open new ones. So the Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network, begun by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research, provides economic and business services and advice for rural business owners and entrepreneurs.
Area Students Receive Honors from UA
Area Students Receive Honors from UA
Twenty rising high school seniors from across the state will be heading to the Capstone for a week of hands-on experience at an academy hosted by The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, giving high school students first-hand insight into the fastest growing profession in the United States.
“Vroom, vroom:” is the sound University of Alabama Society of Automotive Engineers members love to hear when they rev the engine of their Formula SAE car. Recently, 20 mechanical engineering students participated in an international competition in Detroit, Mich.
Former University of Alabama All-American and Baltimore Ravens executive Ozzie Newsome will return to Tuscaloosa June 18-19 as the honorary chair of the fourth annual Bridge Builder Celebrity Golf Classic, scheduled for the Ol’ Colony Golf Course.
The Society for Military History recently presented its 2004 Distinguished Book Award in American History to a book written by Dr. George Rable, a University of Alabama history professor.
A University of Alabama mechanical engineering student team won first place at the East Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, a regional competition held at the University of Florida.
Experts with The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will lead a team of youth and adult explorers to excavate the remains of Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka, in four sessions, June 6-30.
While this month’s announcement of the federal reopening of a 1955 racially charged murder case is drawing national media attention, a University of Alabama history professor who audio taped interviews with key case witnesses says he’s skeptical renewed interest will bring justice.