As a way to express human emotion, music can say it all without saying a word. The powerful feeling music can provide is the impetus behind a new, commissioned piece of music from The University of Alabama to honor and remember victims of the devastating tornado that slammed through Enterprise, Ala., on March 1, 2007.
Although year-to-date existing home sales in Alabama have modestly declined at a rate of 2.38 percent through August, the statewide sales remain ahead of the national existing home sales.
About 149,400 women in Alabama are raising children in a home with no husband present, according to data released by the U.S. Census.
Human hearing can only discern the location of a noise to a certain level–beyond that we have to rely on technology. Although having the ability to locate a sound source could be vital for emergency location after a disaster, traditional sensors are too cumbersome and difficult to use in such situations.
“Breaking Up is Hard to Do” is advice from a popular 1970s song, but older women going through a relationship breakup may have health problems to go along with their broken hearts, a University of Alabama researcher has found.
Exercisers enjoying the Riverwalk will soon find themselves only steps away from a potential archaeology lesson, courtesy of a University of Alabama Honors College class.
They have a number of names – annual performance reviews, annual evaluations, performance evaluations, employee appraisals – whatever. But, they are second only to firing an employee as the task the majority of managers say they dislike the most.
Access to the Vatican Secret Archives is a privilege granted to only a limited number of researchers each year. Dr. Anthony Clark, assistant professor of Chinese history at The University of Alabama, had access to the Secret Archives and the Pope’s private library in Vatican City last summer to research 14th through 17th century letters between European and Chinese monarchs.
If you were living 1,000 years ago, among your primary concerns would have been obtaining salt. Yep, sodium chloride… good ol’ table salt.
The University of Alabama announced today a collaborative research and licensing agreement with QRxPharma, a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company (ASX: QRX), whose preclinical and clinical pipeline includes technologies in the fields of pain management and central nervous system disorders.