UA, Tuscaloosa Officials to Commemorate Completion of Bryant Drive Project Nov. 25

The University of Alabama and the City of Tuscaloosa will commemorate the completion of the Bryant Drive road project with a rededication ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. on the south side of Bryant-Denny Stadium.

UA Wins 2008 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive Competition

The University of Alabama won the 2008 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 270,915 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 212,195 pounds of food.

UA in the News: November 20, 2008

UA researcher chosen for innovative Parkinson’s study – UA’s paperless football ticket system wins national award – Iron Bowl to be broadcast live to troops overseas – UA faculty provide expert commentary on pensions, holiday shopping, higher education funding – and more…

UA Parkinson’s Researcher Joins ‘Scientific Dream Team’ Through HHMI Collaborative Innovation Awards

Surprising—sometimes groundbreaking—findings can emerge when scientists follow ideas that stray from the primary path of their research. But these promising detours may prove challenging to pursue for scientists who need to marshal time, expertise, and resources in a constrained funding environment that favors more predictable research proposals.

UA in the News: November 19, 2008

Faculty experts comment on gift giving, tobacco advertising, auto industry bailout and holiday driving – Beat Auburn Beat Hunger – UA events – and more

UA Professor Studies Second Epidemic that Creates AIDS Orphans

A University of Alabama health studies specialist has found that within the AIDS crisis across the Deep South there is a second epidemic affecting the children of those who suffer with the deadly virus.

UA’s West Named Chair of the Board of Trustees for Executive MBA Council

Susan Carver West, assistant dean and head of The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, has been named chair of the board of trustees for the Executive MBA Council.

UA Student News: November 18, 2008

DATES TO REMEMBER Nov. 18 Landlords, Leases and Legalities, Morgan Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 “The Life of a Medical Student,” 310 Ferguson Center, 7 p.m. Nov. 20 Great American

UA in the News: November 18, 2008

Last days to participate in Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger drive – UA faculty comment on holiday shopping, home affordability – UA faculty honors

Movement Disorder Researchers Named Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professors at UA

A husband and wife professorial research team, who developed a microscopic worm as an animal model for studying human neurological diseases, are winners of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.