Campus & Community

UA Professors Have Key Role in Disappearing Neutrino Research

Results from the first six months of experiments at KamLAND, an underground neutrino detector in central Japan, show that anti-neutrinos emanating from nearby nuclear reactors are “disappearing,” which indicates they have mass and can oscillate, or change, from one type to another.

Media Advisory — Editor’s Speaking Engagement at UA Postponed

The speaking engagement outlined in a University of Alabama news release entitled “Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor will bring Freedom of Information message to UA” and released on Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, has been canceled because of a scheduling conflict.

UA Theta Chi Fraternity to Sponsor Christmas Party for Children at Arcadia Elementary School

The University of Alabama chapter of Theta Chi fraternity is sponsoring a Christmas party for a group of students at Arcadia Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 6.

Alabama High School Students to Hold Youth Summit at UA

More than 300 of the top high school students from around the state will attend the annual Youth Summit at The University of Alabama on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6, to discuss political issues of the day.

Housing Affordability Sets Record in Third Quarter, According to UA Center’s Stats

Housing affordability in Alabama set a record in the third quarter after two consecutive quarters of declines, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center in The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.

Alabama Housing Market Straddling Fence, According to UA Center’s Stats

The Alabama housing market is straddling the fence between slowdown and record sales, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center.

Battlebots Meets Junkyard Wars as UA Engineering Students Participate in Robot Competition

Sixty teams of University of Alabama College of Engineering freshmen will participate in the BAMABOT Challenge in the Auxiliary Gym of Coleman Coliseum on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 5-6:30 p.m.

America’s Going Gray

In America, the population age 65 and older is expected to double by 2030. At that rate, this group is projected to comprise 20 percent of the population while utilizing 50 percent of the nation’s health care resources.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor will Bring Freedom of Information Message to UA

Tom Bennett, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor and a national freedom of information leader, will give a lecture at The University of Alabama on Monday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in 216 Phifer Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Art Auction will Raise Money for Repairs and Maintenance of UA Gallery

The University of Alabama Art Students League will hold a silent auction called “Lights … Art … Auction!” on Dec. 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a preview from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Woods Hall Gallery on the UA campus.