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Business School Class Research Suggests Wi-fi Could Benefit Downtown

1:54 pm, August 1st, 2008

REPRINTED FROM THE TUSCLOOSA NEWS

By Robert DeWitt Staff Writer

Every city’s downtown aspires to be a hot spot.

Now, research by a group of University of Alabama students indicates Tuscaloosa’s downtown could benefit from actually becoming one.

Students from UA business Professor Dung Chau’s management information systems class studied the availability of wireless Internet in Tuscaloosa and what it would take to set up a wi-fi pilot program downtown. Read More

Chakraborti Elected Fellow of American Statistical Association

1:54 pm, August 1st, 2008

Dr. Subhabrata Chakraborti, a professor of statistics at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Read More

First Huntsville EMBA Class in Place, Exceeds Expectations

1:53 pm, August 1st, 2008

The first class of The University of Alabama’s Executive MBA program in Huntsville is in place and has already exceeded expectations.

“We are absolutely thrilled with our first Huntsville class,” said Susan West, assistant dean and head of the Manderson Graduate School of Business at UA. Read More

Dean Mason Named Citizen of the Year by Civitan Club

10:43 am, May 7th, 2008

From the Tuscaloosa News

When Barry Mason accepted the award for the Civitan Club’s Citizen of the Year on Tuesday night, he joined a time-honored tradition of service to the larger community.

Mason, dean of the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was the 75th recipient of the award, which honors those who have made extraordinary contributions to their community. Read More

Hardin Appointed to Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation Board

10:46 am, May 1st, 2008

Dr. J. Michael Hardin, associate dean for research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been appointed to the board of the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, a nonprofit, physician-sponsored organization designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) as Alabama’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). Read More