Rural Alabama Spot a Candidate Site for Observatory Network to Detect Climate Change Impacts
A remote spot within the Talladega National Forest could serve as one of 20 locations nationally that will detect the ecological impacts of climate change.
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First Dystonia Scholars Named at UA
University of Alabama students John Ricketts and Emily Kay Woods, both from Birmingham, have been named the first Alabama Dystonia Scholars.
UA’s Museum Expedition Continues Archaeological Dig at Tannehill Ironworks
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History continues its effort to discover the history buried beneath the Tannehill Historical Ironworks State Park from Wednesday, June 4 to Wednesday, June 25, through its 30th Annual Museum Expedition.
Alabama Housing Affordability Index Highest Since First Quarter of 2005, According to UA Center
The good news for Alabama residents is that housing is again becoming more affordable for home buyers, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama. The first quarter results from the Alabama Housing Affordability Index are the highest since the first quarter of 2005.
State’s Hispanic Population Increases 1 Percent Since 2000, According to UA’s State Data Center
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released its latest look at the racial and ethnic makeup of the United States and the Hispanic population is now 15 percent of the total. Alabama is behind the national percentage in Hispanic population, but is gaining, from 1.7 percent in 2000 to 2.7 in 2007.
UA Management Students Make Fellow Student’s Independence Their Final Class Project
The students of Dr. Owen Sweatt’s management 420 class at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce are taking the concepts they have learned in the classroom and are applying them in their final “leading change” project.
UA School of Social Work Hosts First Men’s Issues Conference April 28-29
Women’s studies. Women’s rights. Women’s resources. Women’s empowerment. These are all topics discussed in professional and academic institutions around the world.
UA Team Earns HudsonAlpha Innovation Prize
For their groundbreaking research on diseases of the nervous system, especially in relation to Parkinson’s disease, the husband and wife team of Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, of The University of Alabama, has been awarded the first HudsonAlpha Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Life Sciences.
UA Doctoral Student Seeks Subjects for Study of Insomnia in the Grief Process
James Soeffing, a doctoral candidate in psychology working at The University of Alabama’s Sleep Research Project, is conducting a study that focuses on the type of insomnia that occurs after a person loses a loved one.
New Research Journal to Debut this Fall at UA
A new journal with the mandate of bridging the traditional gaps between teaching, research and service on American campuses will be published at The University of Alabama beginning this fall.