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Classroom recordings augment lectures at U of Alabama
Campus Technology – April 4
Students view the captured class in a searchable database, later by clicking on a URL in WebCT, which the University of Alabama uses for course management. ...

UA School of Law improves its rankings
Crimson White – April 4
The UA School of Law was recently ranked 15th among public law institutions and 36th overall by the U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" periodical, which is the highest ranking the law school has ever received. . .

New UA Transit System
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 3
By next August, students will have a new form of transportation offered on-campus: students will park on the perimeter of campus, then hop on a bus that will drop them off at various locations across campus. . .

UA part of new program to guide students to college
Education Week News – April 4
The foundation—named for its benefactor, the owner of the Washington Redskins football team, who died in 1997—helped start the program at the University of Virginia and has now offered 10 other colleges grants of $1 million over four years to establish their own versions of the program. The colleges receiving the new grants are: ... Loyola College of Maryland, Pennsylvania State University, Tufts University, the University of Alabama, the University of California at Berkeley, ...

State's existing home sales up in February
Birmingham News – April 4
Existing home sales in Alabama increased in February 14.7 percent with 4069 homes sold, according to The University of Alabama's Real Estate Research and Education Center.
Tuscaloosa News – April 4

Thanks to marketing, Easter items fly off shelves
Tuscaloosa News – April 4
David Mothersbaugh, associate professor of marketing and marketing coordinator for the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Alabama, said holidays like Easter offer companies prime marketing opportunities...

Inside the Beltway--High court v. federal agency: who’s the boss?
Centre Daily Times (Pa.) – April 4
University of Alabama law professor Joseph Smith said the justices' 5-4 decision Monday is a relative rarity...
The Olympian (Wash.)

More Companies Are Turning to Wellness
Occupational Hazards – April 4
“In the 1980s it was 'fitness and recreation,'” points out Rebecca Kelly, director of health promotion and wellness for the University of Alabama. ...

SPIRIT gives first in family scholarships
Crimson White – April 4
. . .more than 100 applicants for one of six $2,000 SPIRIT Campaign scholarships. This will be the third annual awarding of the SPIRIT scholarship, given to students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college. . .

UA kicks off Honors Week
Crimson White – April 4
Honors Week is held in high esteem by some University staff members, while some students said they see it simply as a formality. . .