When Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman to join the presidential ticket of a major political party in 1984 she intensified the debates about the integration of women into American politics, and she prompted scholarly attention to gender dynamics in the political arena.
With the 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential conventions making news, and the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain entering the home stretch, faculty members at The University of Alabama are ready to help you with insights into the political process.
The most recent housing statistics and the Alabama Housing Affordability Index compiled by The University of Alabama’s Center for Real Estate are now posted at the Center’s Web site at http://acre.cba.ua.edu/housing_statistics.php.
While many of us are concentrating on beating the heat as temperatures near triple digits, a University of Alabama botanist is focused on helping plants better withstand the cold.
The Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama is teaming with the Home Builders Association of Alabama to collect, analyze, store and disseminate a new comprehensive monthly report on the state’s home building industry.
The latest Alabama Housing Affordability Index is now posted on the Web site of The University of Alabama’s Alabama Center for Real Estate.
How well do you know the Heart of Dixie? Well, the U.S. Census Bureau has just released its estimates of Alabama’s county populations by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and Annette Watters, manager of the State Data Center at The University of Alabama, has devised this little quiz. Get out your pencils. Answers follow.
In his work at The University of Alabama as an atom probe microscopist, Richard Martens usually focuses on the science of the small.
A Dutch schoolteacher has discovered a mysterious and unique astronomical object through the Galaxy Zoo project, which enables members of the public to take part in astronomy research online.
The Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Intern Program has given a select group of University of Alabama students the chance to perform cutting-edge scientific research alongside a faculty mentor during the summer.