Education briefs
Birmingham News – Nov. 16
Ernest A. Mancini, distinguished research professor of petroleum geology and stratigraphy at The University of Alabama, has been named the winner of the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award for 2007… -- James C. "Jim" Hall, director of New College at The University of Alabama, has been elected president of the Alabama Folklife Association… -- Students from the University of Alabama and one of China's leading universities will have new opportunities to study at each other's institutions under a cooperative agreement between UA and Ocean University China…

Alabama state Senator Harri Anne Smith seeks 2nd congressional district seat
Birmingham News – Nov. 16
…”We've never had a woman elected (to Congress) apart from her relation to a man," said William Stewart, a political science professor at the University of Alabama. "That's why Harri Anne Smith's candidacy is especially interesting. Alabama has just never had a woman make a congressional career."…

Legends lend hand to cancer fight
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 16
A fundraiser for the Victor Ellis Fund is set for 10 a.m. Saturday on The Quad…Called Tailgating With the Legends, the fundraiser will offer Ellis's supporters a chance to dine on food prepared by Baumhower's Wings Restaurant…and served by a host of former Crimson Tide players and coaches, including Joe Kines, Bobby Humphrey, Sam Shade, Antonio Langham, John Copeland, Eric Curry and Tyler Watts…