Originally published in 2007, The University of Alabama Trivia Book has been updated with a wealth of new and recent facts about the home of the Crimson Tide. Over 700 questions (with answers) and quotations span more than two centuries of UA history, from the fun to the significant, the bizarre to the informative. This is the quintessential source of information about Alabama's oldest and largest public university, perfect for current and prospective students, alumni, college football fans, and Tuscaloosa "townies". Updates include facts related to much-beloved football in the Nick Saban era, recent enrollment statistics and sports records, and the latest faculty trivia, bringing new stories and names to light. Discover obscure facts, forgotten lore, and exciting tidbits about everything from student life and traditions to Town and Gown, including: -Who was the first woman to earn a law degree at UA -The origins of "Big Al" -What year the football team started wearing hard helmets -When air conditioning was first installed on campus -And much more!

Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster offers nearly 200 examples of visually arresting and socially meaningful posters. Taken from more than 8,000 held in the collection in the University of Rochester's River Campus Libraries' Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation. The collection, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was donated to the University of Rochester by Dr. Edward Atwater. The book accompanies an exhibition of AIDS education posters displayed at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. The posters, spanning the years from 1982 to the present, show how social, religious, civic, and public health agencies have addressed the controversial, often contested terrain of the HIV/AIDS pandemic within the public realm. Organizations and creators tailored their messages to audiences, both broad and very specific, and used a wide array of strategies, employing humor, emotion, scare tactics, simple scientific explanations, sexual imagery, and many other methods to communicate powerfully and effectively.