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All content by Benjamin Smith
A dog sits next to its owner at a soccer game.

Tailgating with pets at UA

Benjamin Smith, Contributing Writer October 2, 2024

The University of Alabama faced rival Georgia on Saturday, and the tailgaters weren’t the only ones excited to see the legendary faceoff. The tailgate’s real stars were the game day dogs, brave hounds...

"Megalopolis," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, released this Friday.

Culture Pick | Chaos, calamity and Coppola: A retrospective analysis of “Megalopolis”

Benjamin Smith, Contributing Writer September 29, 2024

History is full of flawed geniuses and artists who get a free pass for their failures and mistakes. Oftentimes, they are preceded by an enormous reputation, an accomplishment so incredible it outweighs...

The Holle Center is located inside of the Digital Media Center in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

UA opens Holle Center for Communication Arts

Benjamin Smith, Contributing Writer September 29, 2024

The University of Alabama opened the Holle Center for Communication Arts this week. The institution, located within the Digital Media Center in Bryant-Denny Stadium, teaches across all disciplines to create...

Computer camp teaches programming

Benjamin Smith July 18, 2012

Beginning July 9 and continuing through Aug. 3, the University of Alabama is offering a series of camps that serve to introduce computer science concepts to middle and high school students. The middle...

Program helps students start green businesses, sell products

Benjamin Smith July 11, 2012

Sixteen local students in six start-up companies presented sustainable products they developed through the Green Entrepreneurial Internship Program at Pie Lab in Greensboro. The new companies placed their...

Professor sounds off on Obamacare

Benjamin Smith July 11, 2012

Two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will expand health insurance to millions of currently uninsured Americans. Obamacare,...

State and county unemployment rates rise

Benjamin Smith June 27, 2012

A new report by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations shows that, for the first time this year, unemployment both on a state level and in Tuscaloosa County has increased. The seasonally adjusted...

Camp Cash teaches financial responsibility

Benjamin Smith June 20, 2012

Camp Cash, a one-week day camp hosted by the College of Human Environmental Sciences, is returning for its fifth summer starting on July 16. The camp serves to teach middle school children financial responsibility...

New study highlights RSA track record

Benjamin Smith June 13, 2012

Studies on the Retirement Systems of Alabama, a government agency that uses tax money to fund investment in the state of Alabama, has shown it to have significant beneficial impact over the past twenty...

Tuscaloosa firefighters build home in five days

Tuscaloosa firefighters build home in five days

Benjamin Smith June 6, 2012

Thirty members of the Tuscaloosa Fire Department paired with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild an Alberta home destroyed by the April 27 tornado. They completed the build in only five days, one day less...

Crowd gathers on Gallalee roof to view Venus cross the Sun

Crowd gathers on Gallalee roof to view Venus cross the Sun

Benjamin Smith June 5, 2012

Venus won’t move across the face of the Sun again for another 105 years, and on June 5, all astronomy professor William Keel wanted was for the typical Alabama late-afternoon cumulus clouds to clear....