E.O. Wilson, a prominent biologist, theorist and author, tackled questions of religion and philosophy Tuesday night as he spoke to University of Alabama students about life’s big questions. His lecture...

E.O Willson, UA alumnus and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will visit The University of Alabama on Sept. 11 to lecture students and faculty on his newest book, “The Social Conquest of Earth.” Wilson...

By Allie Hulcher Contributing Writer Wednesday is the last day for students to add or drop a class from their schedule with no consequences, but students have until mid-semester to withdraw with a W...

The Al’s Pals mentoring program is only in its second semester, but it is already expanding to another location and hoping to add over 100 new mentors. Al’s Pals, which was started in January by Star...

Sustained Dialogue will bring together students and expert panelists tonight to discuss the importance of free speech on campus — how it is restricted, and how to maneuver the grounds use policy in order...

  Fifty years ago in May, the Freedom Riders rode into the segregated South to fight for equal rights. University student Marshall Houston will be following in these courageous footsteps as he takes...

Whether it be animal lore, cooking, flute or photography, all of the mentors in the Al’s Pals mentoring program have something different to bring to the tables, gym and library at McKenzie Court. Al’s...

More than 70 boys in the West Alabama area are waiting for male mentors through Big Brothers Big Sisters, and UA business students are on a mission to fix this. The students are in a small business consulting...

Two UA English teachers will be telling it straight and slant as part of a national creative writing celebration. The celebration, happening on Saturday, is called Dzanc Day because of the Dzanc Books,...

The rich, joyful voices of the Afro-American Gospel Choir are celebrating their 40th year of glorifying God through song. The group started in the summer of 1971, said Cynthia Moore, who has been the...

On Thursday, UA students will storm the steps of the State House in Montgomery to advocate for higher education funding in the state of Alabama. The annual event is called Higher Education Day and is...

On April 1, a new director of alumni affairs will step into Alumni Hall. Calvin Brown of Decatur, Ala., will replace Pat Whetstone, who has been in the position for 20 years. Brown is currently a partner...

Tonight at 7 the Fashion Rocks and So Does My Body Show will celebrate all different body types, said Sheena Quizon, dietitian at the Student Health Center, and also one of the event’s coordinators....

Everyone may nominate an outstanding student, faculty, staff member or student organization that they believe deserves the honor of Capstone Hero. In March, the University will celebrate the sixth annual...

The tiny town of Gee’s Bend, Alabama will come to the Ferguson Center today in the form of art the town is famous for—quilts. Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, the School of Library and...

The University of Alabama Libraries are giving students a chance to enter their book collections for a chance to win the fifth annual Book Collecting Contest. The contest is an opportunity for students...

On Saturday morning, 25 students gathered together for one goal — to help build houses for families in need. The volunteers left Tuscaloosa for Birmingham at 10 a.m. to participate with a “Unity Build”...

In 2007, a Dutch schoolteacher named Hanny van Arkel was just one of thousands helping Hubble to classify galaxies online at GalaxyZoo.org when she discovered a space oddity that rocked the astronomy world....

There are a lot of reasons to hate textbooks. They’re heavy, dense and they definitely do not read like a novel. Many college students would say the main reason to dislike textbooks is that they are...

The spring edition of Get on Board Day will be held today in the Ferguson Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., helping students to find their niche for involvement. The event, sponsored by the Student...

T. Massey Bedsole, who served on the University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1988, died on New Year’s Day. He was the University’s oldest trustee emeritus, meaning he was an honorary...

"Not so much a lens, as a magnifying glass." This is how Changing Tides describes itself on its online home, changingtides.ua.edu. Changing Tides is a student-run online publication that is dedicated...

Though it is a relatively simple design, a red rectangle with a blue, starred X across it, the Confederate flag is a complex symbol that represents a piece of American history people have a variety of...

Capstone International at the University of Alabama will be celebrating International Education Week, and will host a number of cultural and informational events that will be open to all students. The...

Having a Rhodes scholar finalist who also happens to be the starting quarterback of the football team is certainly newsworthy, but the fact that the University has two Rhodes scholar finalists is an outstanding...

Honesty. Trust. Respect. These are some of the inspirational words featured in the winning computer wallpaper design of Michael Perez, a graduate student studying sport management. Perez was announced...