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Chip Cooper to speak on photographing Havana

Chip Cooper to speak on photographing Havana

Chuck Matula March 21, 2012

Photographer Chip Cooper may have Alabama roots, but his latest muse is a city almost 200 miles from the southern tip of Florida. Cooper will speak in Room 205 of Gorgas Library about his time working...

The Alcove voted one of best beer bars in country

The Alcove voted one of best beer bars in country

Alexandra Ellsworth March 21, 2012

The Alcove International Tavern was voted one of the best college beer bars in America by Men’s Health magazine, and for students who enjoy the bar’s laidback atmosphere, it is easy to see why. Chad...

Video reached UA on Facebook

Video reached UA on Facebook

Jasmine Cannon March 21, 2012

Invisible Children showcased Kony 2012 all over the world on Feb. 28, including in the Ferguson Center Theatre. Since then, the film about the African rebel group leader indicted for war crimes has been...

Roff leaves retirement for interim dean position

Roff leaves retirement for interim dean position

Ashanka Kumari March 21, 2012

When Lucinda Lee Roff, interim dean of the School of Social Work, first came to the University in 1974, she did not expect to stay in Alabama for more than a year or two. However, in 1987, the University...

Joblessness down with shrinking workforce

Eric Yaron March 21, 2012

The unemployment rate for the state of Alabama has dropped to 7.8 percent, the lowest unemployment level in the state since 2008. With the national average for unemployment sitting at 8.3 percent, Alabama...

City to add new police precinct, improve roads

William Evans March 21, 2012

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has asked the City Council to approve the use of $5 million from a reserve fund to pay for 17 capital improvement projects. The conversion of a former bank office on Culver...

Men’s pageant comes to campus

Maura Bochte March 21, 2012

Pageants, such as the Miss Corolla pageant, are annual events at Alabama with storied traditions. Until now, the pageants in Tuscaloosa have almost always been for women only. This Sunday, at the Bryant...

Text-a-thon aims to raise money for hungry children

Jasmine Cannon March 21, 2012

Students involved with Secret Meals for Hungry Children are working to raise money for the initiative. Five public relations students are hosting a text-a-thon throughout the week. By texting “FOOD”...

Greek organization to host blood drive Friday

Eric Yaron March 20, 2012

Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and Sigma Pi fraternity will host a blood drive at the Sigma Pi fraternity house Friday. The blood drive is hosted in cooperation with LifeSouth Community Blood Services and will...

Engineering students place sixth in robotics competition

Mazie Bryant March 20, 2012

A team of senior students from the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering placed sixth in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon hardware robotics competition on March...

DCAF goes guerrilla with outside performance

DCAF goes guerrilla with outside performance

Abbey Crain March 20, 2012

The Druid City Arts Festival kicked off this week with a Guerrilla Theatre performance by the University’s Alpha Psi Omega theater fraternity. The performance took place on the River Walk at Manderson...

UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species

UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species

Ashanka Kumari March 20, 2012

Biologists recently discovered a new leopard frog species in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York and New Jersey, according to a press release. Scientists from UCLA, Rutgers University,...