Fed head: Outlook good for last half of 2008
Reuters News Service – Jan. 18
…”Negative information has been exceeding expectations. I think these circumstances call for policy-makers to be prepared to respond pragmatically," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart told a University of Alabama economic conference…
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UA accounting programs in nation's top 25
Crimson White – Jan. 17
…For 2007, Public Accounting Report, a trade publication for public accountants, ranked the undergraduate program as No. 15 nationally, the graduate program at No. 21 and the doctoral program at No. 25…

UA, Shelton State and Stillman to Sponsor “Realizing The Dream” Concert
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) -- Jan. 17
Leigh Hayes from Shelton State Community College and Brice Miller from The University of Alabama did a live interview about the concert.

SGA implements on-campus recycling
Crimson White – Jan. 17
Last year, the SGA Senate's environmental policy committee passed a resolution calling for the implementation of a recycling program for the entire campus. Last fall, a pilot program was created to test the recycling program in the residence halls…The plan, Key said, has four phases designed to gradually foster lifestyle changes across campus…

Program offers support system for autistic students
Crimson White – Jan. 17
…Klinger has worked with students with ASD for years and saw that after high school, no more support programs were available to them, something Klinger said she knew needed to change. The program, known as UA-ACTS, fills that void. It provides support for students with ASDs to ease their transition into college life…

UA students venture to Costa Rica
Crimson white – Jan. 18
Several UA students and group leaders recently returned to the Capstone from a five-day excursion to Costa Rica as part of a custom course from the Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School. The students participated in a great number of activities, but focused on sea turtle conservation…

National Student Exchange available at UA
Crimson White – Jan. 18
…NSE allows students to spend up to one calendar year at another participating school, taking the same classes they would take at their home institutions. The program has exchanges available in 195 colleges and universities, from the University of Guam to the University of Alaska at Anchorage…

Student places in two categories at regional business competition
Crimson White – Jan. 18
…Jacqueline Malone, a senior majoring in marketing, recently won a regional sales and speaking competition after discovering some newfound motivation and overcoming several hardships…

Science quad construction continues
Crimson White – Jan. 18
The cold and wet weather has not hindered the construction progress of the new science buildings and science and engineering quad around Shelby Hall. "We are in the structural stage," said Tim Leopard, assistant vice president for construction. "There's a lot of concrete being poured. They are actually putting up the concrete columns."…The University received a $29 million grant from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and the University is financing the rest of the project with bonds, said UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen…

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ringmaster got his dramatic start in Alabama
Birmingham News – Jan. 18
…It'll be a homecoming of sorts for ringmaster Wagner, who studied theater at the University of Alabama before going on to a distinguished stage career…

'SEX' and the University
Crimson White – Jan. 17
…Portia Barker's American studies class, reading "Sex and the City," promises fun, with a side of feminism and fashion. According to the syllabus, students in the five-week class will "explore third wavefeminism and postfeminist thought, sexuality and how it is 'defined' in our culture, how the ideas of fashion in New York shaped the series, [and] the mythic New York City created through the characters of the show."…

Gas prices expected to remain high
Crimson White – Jan. 18
Gas prices have remained persistently high over the last few weeks and will probably stay that way through the next few months, said Peter Clark, a chemical and biological engineering professor…