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Bonnaroo offers escape from reality

Bonnaroo offers escape from reality

Caroline Murray June 14, 2011

The Tennessee sun blazed through the foggy haze that the kicked-up dust and cigarette smoke had created, blurring the tens of thousands of people roaming the farm. Patrons crowded every inch of the coveted...

Library Studies Appoints New Director

Library Studies Appoints New Director

Melissa Brown June 14, 2011

The School of Library and Information Studies has named Heidi Julien director following an international search to fill the position beginning Aug. 16. Julien is currently a professor and graduate coordinator...

Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration gets new dean

Noomi Grootens June 14, 2011

J. Michael Hardin has been selected as the new dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University. According to the college’s website, one of Hardin’s main priorities...

Students receive Hollings scholarships

Jasmine Cannon June 14, 2011

Two UA students have been named members of the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship program by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Education. The University has had students...

Westmoreland Art Exhibition recognizes professor

Westmoreland Art Exhibition recognizes professor

Stephanie Brumfield June 14, 2011

Sometimes, a bare wall is all that is needed for inspiration. For assistant professor of art Sky Shineman, it was a bare wall that sparked her interest in light, an interest she has since incorporated...

Boy Scouts volunteer and help tornado victims

Boy Scouts volunteer and help tornado victims

Jasmine Cannon June 14, 2011

Following the destruction of the tornado on April 27, a number of local organizations and groups provided a helping hand for the city of Tuscaloosa. Some were adults, but there were also young people involved....

Avantis Help Incoming Freshman Adjust

Noomi Grootens June 14, 2011

Every summer, a group of University of Alabama students, clad in crimson and gray polos, strive to provide essential support to incoming students to help them adjust to their new college lives. From class...

The pros of Cannes

The pros of Cannes

Sarah Massey June 14, 2011

As I sat on the tarmac waiting for my plane to take off on May 7, I was wary of the weeks ahead of me. Two weeks prior, I was eager to leave for Cannes, France to be an intern with The American Pavilion...

UA awarded for civic engagement

Melissa Brown June 14, 2011

The University of Alabama has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, a federal honor awarded to universities that have shown a commitment to...

A fresh taste of Tuscaloosa

A fresh taste of Tuscaloosa

Robert Moore June 14, 2011

For the last four years, Homegrown Alabama has held a weekly market where members of the community can come and buy items directly from the people that grow them.   Homegrown Alabama is a farmers’...

2011 most common year for tornadoes since 1953

2011 most common year for tornadoes since 1953

Stephen Walker June 14, 2011

In the wee hours of New Year’s Day, 2011, while many Americans were celebrating the beginning of a new year, portions of the Southeastern U.S. were being pummeled by a series of violent tornadoes. During...

Tornado forces students to rethink housing options

Tornado forces students to rethink housing options

Ashley Chaffin June 14, 2011

Many UA students who were left homeless after the tornado are having some difficulty finding housing for next year. Before the tornado, Tuscaloosa seemed to have something for every person’s needs,...