The University of Alabama’s New College is offering “Connect the Dots,” a national student conference to encourage the democratic practices of public dialogue, deliberation and community problem-solving and action.
The fourth quarter 2009 Alabama Housing Affordability Index rose to 211.2, an increase of more than 25 points over the third quarter of 2009, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a novelist and nationally syndicated columnist, will receive the 2010 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Tuesday, March 9 at a dinner in her honor at the Hotel Capstone.
The University Supply Store will hold a Graduation Celebration on Wednesday and Thursday, March 24-25, at the Ferguson Center Plaza from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. The event is a one-stop shopping and preparation venue for May graduates.
Deidra Lloyd has been named director of advancement for the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama.
The UA School of Library and Information Studies’ master’s degree program has been granted continued accreditation by the American Library Association.
Works from The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art will be on display Feb. 16-18 in Montgomery at the Alabama State House.
The University of Alabama will join public universities from throughout the state in demonstrating support for higher education at two special events planned for March 3-4 in Montgomery. Events include the 2010 Alumni Leaders’ Advocacy Banquet and the annual Higher Ed Day Rally.
Award-winning films about Asia will be screened as one of the film series that the UA Asian Studies Program is presenting this semester. Six films will be shown each Monday from Feb. 15 until March 29 (with the exception of spring break on Monday, March 15).
Emission & Power Solutions, Plc (Frankfurt Exchange Ticker Symbol: EPI), a clean tech company that licenses, acquires, develops, deploys, and transfers technologies dedicated to improving fuel economy while also reducing environmentally harmful exhaust emissions, announced today that it has licensed the patent pending Vapor Emissions System developed by Dr. Marcus Ashford at The University of Alabama.