Beyond hearing about new innovations in the use of data to solve business problems, the Symposium offers the opportunity to connect – and build a network – with data-focused UA students and colleagues from industry.
The Culverhouse Faculty Scholars Program is now accepting volunteers for Faculty Mentors for the 2023-2024 academic year (to begin working with students on research projects early in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year).
Rent prices across the 14 cities hosting SEC institutions rose 8.22% on average over the past year, double the national average of 4.11% over the past 12 months ending in June, according to the Waller, Weeks and Johnson Rental Index that examines the entire stock of homes and apartments across 100 metro areas in the United States.
The average renter in 12 metro areas across Alabama must make about the median annual income for the state to avoid rent becoming a financial burden, according to a recent report from researchers at The University of Alabama and two other schools.
The Culverhouse College of Business at The University of Alabama is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Shawn Mobbs as Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, starting August 16. Dr. Jim Cochran, who has served in the role since 2017, will return to the College’s Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science and resume teaching duties.
Bennie Waller, PhD, of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business said, “this national trend indicates that rental relief is not on the immediate horizon, particularly in the largest metropolitan areas.”
To better understand the nuances of Alabama’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, Dr. Nyesha Black, director of demographics for The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research, partnered with GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative to analyze new data from a recent study and found entrepreneurship is at an all-time high in Alabama.
Among the list of SEC schools, The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) ranks as the most competitive, where actual rents of $1,504 is $30 lower than expected rents of $1,534 or 2% below predicted rents. This is according to ongoing, monthly report co-produced by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at the University of Alabama, Florida Atlantic University Real Estate Initiative, and Florida Gulf Coast University’s Lucas Institute for Real Estate Development & Finance.
A Culverhouse team consisting of ISM faculty members Drs. Nickolas K. Freeman, Gregory J. Bott, Burcu B. Keskin, Jason Parton, and James J. Cochran placed second in the 2023 INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) competition in April with their research, “Analytical Pipeline for Identifying Potential Sex Trafficking Victims in Commercial Sex Ad Data.”
Culverhouse made a strong showing at UA’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) conference this year with an impressive list of 25 student teams, each consisting of dedicated and hardworking students and faculty mentors.
