Campus & Community

Chairman of Financial Accounting Standards Board to Meet with Business Leaders, Students on UA Campus

Robert H. Herz, chairman of the powerful Financial Accounting Standards Board, will meet with local business leaders and address students, faculty and staff of the Culverhouse College of Commerce on Friday, Jan. 23, as part of the College’s Lowder Lecture Series, which brings prominent business leaders from around the country to The University of Alabama to lecture and meet with students, professors and local leaders.

Choice Magazine Names UA Historian’s Work on JFK One of Year’s ‘Outstanding Academic Titles’

Choice magazine’s newest issue names a book authored by Dr. Howard Jones, research professor of history at The University of Alabama, one of its “Outstanding Academic Titles” of 2003.

UA NPHC Presents Greek Convocation

The National Pan-Hellenic Council, the coordinating council for The University of Alabama’s six historically black fraternities and sororities, will host a Greek Convocation on Jan. 14.

UA Professors Among Top 15 Most Prolific Authors in Accounting

Two faculty members of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama are among the top 15 most prolific authors of accounting literature, according to a study published in Advances in Accounting, 2003.

UA Piano Tuner’s Article Reaches Across the World

Willem Blees, piano tuner/technician in The University of Alabama School of Music recently had an article on pianos published in China.

UA College of Engineering Awarded NSF Grant for Internet-Accessible Laboratory Development

The University of Alabama College of Engineering has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for a research project involving the development of a new Internet-based laboratory that provides instructional material on embedded systems.

Global Insight Director to Present National Outlook at UA Economic Conference

Sara Johnson, managing director of the Global Macroeconomics Group at Global Insight (formerly DRI•WEFA), will present the U.S. Economic Outlook at the 2004 Economic Outlook Conference, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

Tickets on Sale Monday, Jan. 12, for Yolanda Adams Performance in MLK ‘Realizing the Dream’ Concert at UA

Tickets will go on sale Monday, Jan. 12, for a performance by gospel artist Yolanda Adams as part of the 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Realizing the Dream” event at The University of Alabama Moody Music Concert Hall, Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Home Sales Fall in November but Still on Record Track, According to UA Real Estate Research and Education Center

The number of existing homes sold in Alabama fell 16.7 percent in November to 3,334 units, the third straight month of declines, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.

SGA Preliminary Campaign Period Set for Feb. 9-25 at UA

The University of Alabama Elections Board has set Feb. 9-25 as a “preliminary campaign period” for 2004 Student Government Association candidates on campus.