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.
Campus & Community
Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy’s Fatal Plunge; UA Professor Presents Findings at Astronomy Meeting
Trailing 200,000-light-year-long streamers of seething gas, a galaxy that was once like our Milky Way is being shredded as it plunges at 4.5 million miles per hour through the heart of a distant cluster of galaxies. In this unusually violent collision with ambient cluster gas, the galaxy is stripped down to its skeletal spiral arms as it is eviscerated of fresh hydrogen for making new stars.
UA Biologist Joins Search for Life on Mars
Looking at rocks in Oregon might not be the first place that comes to mind in searching for clues to whether life exists on Mars, but that’s where The University of Alabama’s Dr. Eric Roden expects to begin his quest later this spring.
UA Student Named Gilman International Scholar
Carmen Abigail “Abby” Hall, a University of Alabama student from Birmingham (zip code 35226) has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the spring 2004 semester to study in England at the University of Hull.
UA to Hold African-American Heritage Month Essay Contest
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, Marr’s Field Journal, the New College Student Council, and Common Ground are sponsoring an essay contest from Jan. 7-Feb. 9 in conjunction with African-American Heritage Month events on campus.
Virtual Physics Course has Real Time Benefits at UA, UAB
Through the technological power of the Internet, the physics departments at The University of Alabama and The University of Alabama at Birmingham are offering physics students the opportunity to study in ways those before them never had.
That Darned Drive to Work Might Not be as Bad as You Think; UA State Data Center Reports on State Commute Times
Despite the often heard complaint about how long it takes Alabama workers to get to their jobs, a recent report from the Bureau of the Census shows a lot of Alabamians actually have a short commute, according to Annette Watters, manager of the Alabama State Data Center at The University of Alabama and a member of the National Steering Committee of the Census Bureau’s State Data Center organization.
Alabama’s Population Tops 4.5 Million in 2003, According to Census Bureau, UA’s State Data Center
Alabama’s population grew by 21,856 people between 2002 and 2003, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent population estimates. Alabama ranks 30th of 51 (including the District of Columbia) in number of residents added during that time period.
Yolanda Adams Headlines the 2004 MLK ‘Realizing the Dream’ Concert at UA
Yolanda Adams will highlight the 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Realizing the Dream” event at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
UA Program Receives National Award
The University of Alabama’s Rehabilitation Counseling program was selected as one of two programs nationally to receive the Rehabilitation Services Administration Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Education and Training.