UA gets 153 new full-time professors
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 17
…Steinberg is one of 153 full-time professors added to the university this fall, bringing the total number of full-time professors on campus to 1,075. That’s 10 percent more than a year ago, and the first significant progress in beefing up the faculty in the wake of booming student enrollment. Included in the numbers are 32 new positions created by a $2 million budget line item. Trustees approved another $3.5 million last week for more new hires in 2008. “This is the first time in my tenure that we have been in a position to a substantial number of new faculty positions,” said Provost Judy Bonner…
Crimson White -- Sept. 17

UA dorm plans double in size, cost
Associated Press – Sept.15
A planned dorm at the University of Alabama will be nearly twice the size and cost than originally thought. A UA trustee committee approved beefing up the second phase of Ridgecrest Residential Community to handle the rapidly growing student body. The full board of trustees gave its approval to the expansion Friday morning. Instead of 500 beds, there will be 968. Instead of costing $40 million, the dorm is predicted to cost $73 million…
Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette – Sept. 15
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Opinion: Pains will come with school’s gains, but all will benefit
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 17
The University of Alabama is on a track that includes, simultaneously, a sizable expansion and a significant upgrade in quality. There will be some pain with the progress, including an 8 percent tuition increase and expenditures that are much greater than planners originally forecast. Yet if things develop as planned, the developments will constitute a major accomplishment whose benefits will be enjoyed for decades to come…

UA Sheraton Four Points to become Capstone Hotel
Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette – Sept. 15
The 150-room Sheraton Four Points Hotel on the University of Alabama campus will become the Hotel Capstone under a deal approved this week by UA trustees…
Decatur Daily – Sept. 16
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Hyundai, Honda, Mercedes enjoy banner sales in August
Montgomery Advertiser – Sept. 16
…James F. Cashman, a professor of economics at the University of Alabama, said Hyundai may have more protection against economic downturns than most automakers. He said this is true because Hyundai products have particular appeal to people who need a car, not people who are buying them as a status or luxury item, and because they often appeal to people who want a dependable, economic car rather than a specific type.
"Hyundai has particular value to people at the entry level of the marketplace," he said…

Selling a dream
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 16
…Kristy Reynolds, Bruno associate professor of marketing at the University of Alabama, has visited the Chicago American Girl store and was “amazed.” “My husband was with me and we were both just in disbelief,” Reynolds said. The store reflects retail trends, especially for children. Retailers are moving more toward “experience” products, Reynolds said. Instead of selling “just” a doll — the company sells the experience girls can have with the doll…

Healthy for the long haul
Birmingham News – Sept. 17
…The result can be health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes, said Jeri Dunkin, professor and Martha Saxon Chair of Rural Nursing at the University of Alabama's Capstone College of Nursing. So Dunkin has a high-tech health intervention. She is proposing a study to remotely keep tabs on truckers' blood pressure and blood sugar levels with a wireless hookup to a nurse. If successful, such a system could improve trucker health, head off accidents and cut insurance costs…

College News
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 17
Two-hundred and sixty-two students made the dean’s list with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) or the president’s list with academic records of 4.0 (all As). during the summer 2007 semester at the University of Alabama…

Author addresses issue of cheating on college campuses
Crimson White – Sept. 17
David Callahan, author of "The Cheating Culture," gave a lecture Sunday at Morgan Auditorium on cheating as part of UA Academic Integrity Week, which kicked off Sept. 13 and will continue until Thursday…

UA Huxford Symphony Orchestra to play first concert of the year tonight
Crimson White – Sept. 17
…Walters, as well as around 59 other UA undergraduate and graduate students, comprise the Huxford Symphony Orchestra, which is the only student orchestra in the state of Alabama…Since the beginning of the semester, student members have been meeting twice a week for around two hours to learn new pieces and prepare for the first concert of the semester, which will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall…

From the ground up
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 17
…There is space included to house an office for the University of Alabama’s bus system, and Robinson hopes the facility will have some kind of connection to the Amtrak station on Greensboro Avenue…

Farmers Market Comes to Campus
NBC 13 (Birmingham) -- Sept. 14