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Week of Welcome events to begin

Week of Welcome events to begin

Ellen Johnson August 20, 2015

University of Alabama students are once again ringing in the new school year with a free week-long event extravaganza. The Division of Student Affairs is hosting Week of Welcome (WOW), a series of events...

25 African American women among 2,261 who received bids in 2015 rush

25 African American women among 2,261 who received bids in 2015 rush

Arielle Lipan August 18, 2015

The University of Alabama’s new sorority recruitment tradition of being the largest in the nation continued this year for the sixth time in a row.The number of women who registered for recruitment this...

Alpha Phi chapter removes recruitment video after national criticism

Alpha Phi chapter removes recruitment video after national criticism

Elizabeth Elkin August 18, 2015

The University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi chapter deleted a recruitment video posted to YouTube after criticism that it objectifies women and is “racially and aesthetically homogenous.”The video gained...

Teaching the teachers: Graduate teaching assistants to attend workshop

Teaching the teachers: Graduate teaching assistants to attend workshop

Heather Buchanan July 29, 2015

(UPDATE: This story has been updated to clarify the changes in insurance coverage for graduate students. The changes will only affect U.S-based graduate students. International graduate students' policies...

Former Alabama quarterback's legacy honored

Former Alabama quarterback's legacy honored

Kayla Montgomery July 22, 2015

It was the fourth quarter of the 1967 Iron Bowl, and all hope seemed lost for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Crimson Tide football team. Alabama was trailing the Tigers 3-0,and Birmingham’s Legion Field...

The plan to ban: City of Tuscaloosa to adopt ban on tobacco

The plan to ban: City of Tuscaloosa to adopt ban on tobacco

Jeremy Connor July 22, 2015

Students at The University of Alabama have become accustomed to recently enacted policies regarding smoking, but may be surprised to learn that buildings owned by the City of Tuscaloosa will soon have...

UA alumni stand out at Campus MovieFest

UA alumni stand out at Campus MovieFest

Sam West July 22, 2015

Hollywood, the glittering epicenter of the American film industry, is home to the Campus MovieFest, an exhibition that honors the best young auteurs in the country. This year, three University of Alabama...

UA professors study Alabama solar farm

UA professors study Alabama solar farm

Christian Elliott July 22, 2015

A northern Alabama county is on its way to cheaper energy.In May of 2015, UA professors Samuel Addy and Ahmad Ijaz wrote the study about the new $150 million solar energy farm that will be created within...

Another cannonball found on campus

Kelly Ward July 17, 2015

A crew installing wiring for lights near Rowand-Johnson Hall on Friday morning found a cannonball.Friday's find brings the total number of Civil War-era cannonballs discovered on campus this summer to...

In midst of severe financial crisis, Greece requires greater assistance

Ben Jackson July 15, 2015

The happy, beach-going Greeks depicted in Saturday’s Snapchat-Live “Beach Bums Part 1” are feeling very different as of Monday morning. And with good reason. It may be a long time before Greeks can...

New SEC commissioner addresses conference goals

New SEC commissioner addresses conference goals

Kelly Ward July 15, 2015

HOOVER — SEC Media Days had a different look this year. For the first time since 2002, Mike Slive did not open the event. Greg Sankey, the new conference commissioner, represents a new era in the SEC.He...

UA offers benefits, employment to veterans

UA offers benefits, employment to veterans

Jake Warner July 15, 2015

The state of Alabama is not shy in its support of the U.S. armed forces. Standing testament to this are its many military memorials and historic sites. Birmingham hosts the largest Veterans’ Day parade...