A new Domestic Violence Law Clinic has opened at The University of Alabama School of Law. The clinic provides free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault in the West Alabama counties of Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens and Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies is coordinating the Delta Regional Authority’s Delta Leadership Institute, a year-long program designed to improve the decisions made by leaders across the delta region.
In a survey of more than 700 schools just released by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, The University of Alabama was distinguished as one of the top schools for entrepreneurs.
The M.B.A. Program at The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School has achieved top 10 rankings in three categories for the second straight year in the prestigious Princeton Review. Manderson ranked fifth for best professors, fourth for best campus facilities and eighth for best administered.
Ken Randall, dean of The University of Alabama School of Law, has been named to the additional role of special counsel to UA President Robert E. Witt.
A select group of students at The University of Alabama have been accepted into the Coordinated Program in Dietetics in the UA College of Human Environmental Sciences.
The University of Alabama Libraries is sponsoring a Book Collecting Contest for UA students during September and October this fall semester.
The University of Alabama GEAR UP project has received a $38,000 grant from the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships and the AT&T Foundation to establish a portable College and Career Readiness Computer Lab for Holt High School.
The University Stewards is a new student organization at The University of Alabama established to create personal relationships with prospective students and their parents.
A study published in the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association ranks The University of Alabama real estate program 28th in real estate research. The study also ranks Dr. Leonard Zumpano, professor of finance and director of the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center, No. 46 among the top 50 individual authors who have published in the top three real estate journals based on the influence of research works as measured by citations.