Hybrids, Diesels and Fuel Economy … Hot Picks for Automotive 2010
The automotive crystal ball is obscured by great uncertainty, but The University of Alabama’s Dr. Clark Midkiff predicts the domestic auto fleet to quickly change.
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Obama to Rethink Legislative Strategy in 2010, Political Science Professor Predicts
After a year of congressional battles over health-care bills, President Barack Obama will become more proactive in sending his own legislation to Congress, a UA political scientist predicts.
Surprise, Surprise – Interest Rates to Go Up!
“There is,” says Dr. Benton Gup, “only one way that interest rates can go in the future, and that is up: They are going to increase.”
Is the Economic Crisis Over? Fed’s Role to be Addressed in UA Economic Outlook Conference
The vice president and associate director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will address “The Fed and the Post-Crisis Economy” at the Economic Outlook Conference 2010, presented by a University of Alabama center, Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Renaissance Montgomery hotel.
UA’s Blount Initiative Marks 10 Years of Undergraduate Intellectual Inquiry
Ten years ago, faculty members in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences carved out a home for exceptional students, broad-minded professors and small, seminar-style classes that dared to cross intellectual boundaries.
Founder of UA Music Therapy Program Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Carol Prickett, professor of music therapy and music education at The University of Alabama, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Music Therapy Association.
UA Professor Remembers Watching Romanian Revolution Unfold First-Hand
Twenty years ago, history beckoned to Dr. David Michelson. Michelson, then 14, was living with his family in Bucharest, Romania. When Romanians took to the streets in protest of the ruling regime in late December, Michelson’s father took him out to see history unfold first-hand.
UA Wins 2009 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive
The University of Alabama won the 2009 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 175,653 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 164,034 pounds of food.
UA Community Service Center Names Director
Dr. Wahnee Sherman, a specialist in student services, has been named director of The University of Alabama Community Service Center.
UA Sociology Professor Co-edits Encyclopedia on Death and the Human Experience
A professor at The University of Alabama is the editor-in-chief of the recently published Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. The massive 330 entry, two-volume work has been called “a seminal work of impeccable scholarship” by Internet Bookwatch.