Business school gets top-10 ranking
Birmingham News – Oct. 15
The University of Alabama's Manderson Graduate School of Business was ranked in the top 10 in three categories in the latest rankings by The Princeton Review, an education services company…
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 14

Witt evaluates state of University at speech
Crimson White – Oct. 15
UA President Robert Witt made his fall address at the faculty and staff meeting Wednesday, announcing enrollment growth, faculty and staff raises, campus construction updates and other goals the University is working toward…consider another expansion to Bryant-Denny Stadium. "I'm anticipating that by early spring, we will begin the process of giving serious consideration to again expanding our football stadium by closing in the other end of the stadium," Witt said…

Opinion: Alcohol education shows early promise
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 15
It is too soon to say whether the national AlcoholEdu program the University of Alabama began participating in last year will do any good in curbing excess and binge drinking at the Capstone. But it is encouraging that this year more than 90 percent of incoming freshmen took the online course, putting UA in the top four in terms of percentage of participation of the more than 200 colleges in the nation participating in the program…

Opinion: Community should embrace UA improvements
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 12 (Print version only)
University of Alabama president Robert Witt sounded an encouraging tone in his fall address to the faculty and staff. And why not? These are good times at UA…Enrollment is hitting records with each incoming class…At the same time, UA is attracting high-achieving students…The student body is more diverse…Faculty salaries are up, and are competitive with other similar institutions nationwide…The $500 million capital fund drive already has raised $422 million, with two years still to go…If you have been through campus lately, you have seen all the construction going on. All of this has been a huge economic engine for the surrounding community…Witt has challenged all of us to make a personal commitment to helping UA improve. It is the intangible aspects of a university that make it special, a sense of pride and excellence.

Students could study in Cuba
Crimson White – Oct. 15
…The Capstone has teamed with the University of Havana in Cuba to offer a semester-long study abroad program for the first time during the spring semester. Carmen Taylor, associate dean of arts and sciences and coordinator for the program, said though this is the first semester an official study abroad program in Havana is available, the Alabama-Cuba Initiative began in 2001, when UA faculty conducted research in Cuba…

Alabama-Tennessee will be SEC early game
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 14
For the second straight week and the third time overall this season, the University of Alabama football team will play the Southeastern Conference's early game when the Tide's game against Tennessee kicks off at 11:34 a.m. (CDT) in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 20. The game will be shown live on the Lincoln Financial Sports Network (LFS)…

GOP hopeful Paul wins local straw poll
Birmingham News – Oct. 15
…David Beito, a University of Alabama history professor and Paul supporter, said it's not uncommon to find Ron Paul bumper stickers on campus. He surveyed the straw poll scene and wondered about the other contenders and their campaigners. "Where are they? Where's the enthusiasm?" Beito said…

Man’s spiritual vision endures along Pickens County roadways
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 13
…The weathered-board nature of many of the hand-painted signs might qualify them for folk art status, said Robert Cargo, a University of Alabama professor emeritus and expert on the genre. “I have not seen the signs in Gordo, but there is a long tradition in the South of putting up religious messages for people to see when they drive by,” he said. “Some of them might be considered folk art, some of them not.”…

City hopes to preserve marquee rescued for Diamond Theater demolition
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 14
…Some of the tiles, which were glued to the building above the marquee, were bent during demolition but are not beyond repair. Snowden said he hopes to talk to faculty members in both the University of Alabama's art department and engineering school into turning the restoration into a student project…

College News
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 15
UA Homecoming activities’ winners – Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award recipients –

Pet Lovers and their Furry Friends Splash Around
CBS-42 (Birmingham) -- Oct. 14
Pet lovers and their furry friends alike had a chance to splash around together at The University of Alabama today.
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 15 (Print version Only)