Dr. Susan Gaskins and Dr. Pam Foster of The University of Alabama will investigate the impact of disclosing an AIDS diagnosis on rural African-American men under a $100,000 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research.
The University of Alabama Supply Store has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand its textbook rental program.
University of Alabama graduate students and staff visited the world headquarters of Mattel Inc. while in Los Angeles for the 2009 National Association of Women MBAs conference.
A reception marking the gift of 15 lithographs of drawings by the 20th century’s greatest artist, Pablo Picasso, to the art and art history department and The College of Arts and Sciences will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Gorgas Library at The University of Alabama. The reception is in honor of the donors of the lithographs, Dr. Virginia Rembert Liles, professor emeritus of art and art history, and Raeford Liles.
Forty business leaders from within the construction, finance, sales, law and marketing sectors of the real estate community will comprise the newly formed Leadership Council of The University of Alabama’s Alabama Center for Real Estate.
The University of Alabama has filed a rebuttal brief with the NCAA challenging the vacation of wins penalty in the case involving violation of the NCAA’s rules on textbooks for student-athletes.
The University of Alabama Homecoming Parade will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, at a new time, 11:30 a.m.
If the old maxim rings true, beloved University of Alabama elephant mascot Big Al will never forget the many footsteps taken to bring him — the original Big Al costume, that is — to a comfortable resting spot amongst the memorabilia in UA’s Paul W. Bryant Museum.
The University of Alabama Office of Community Affairs will host the 2009 Community Culture Fest in downtown Northport on the new date, Sunday, Nov. 1.
The August housing report and the August report on new housing construction are available on the Alabama Center for Real Estate Web site.