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Travel safety should be a priority over spring break

Travel safety should be a priority over spring break

Elizabeth Elkin March 10, 2015

Next week is the week many students look forward to all semester: spring break. Many students will leave campus and travel all over the U.S. and the world.“I’m going to go to Nashville for a few days...

Grounds use policy complicates demonstrations

Grounds use policy complicates demonstrations

Elizabeth Elkin February 22, 2015

Any student organization that wishes to hold an event on campus, be it a speech, protest, demonstration or other, must comply with the University’s Grounds Use Policy. Concerns have been expressed in...

48 Alabama counties allow same-sex marriage

48 Alabama counties allow same-sex marriage

Elizabeth Elkin February 18, 2015

The number of counties in Alabama that are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples 
is rising.As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Human Rights Campaign, 48 of 67 counties are issuing same-sex...

Leading Edge Institute inspires women to lead

Leading Edge Institute inspires women to lead

Elizabeth Elkin February 16, 2015

Leading Edge Institute is a nine-month program designed to prepare college-aged Alabama women to become leaders of the state.Two students at The University of Alabama will graduate from the institute at...

'Gardens 2 schools' grows

'Gardens 2 schools' grows

Elizabeth Elkin February 1, 2015

Druid City Garden Project will expand its Gardens 2 Schools program to a new elementary school in the fall of 2015.The project uses gardens on school property to teach science, math and entrepreneurship...

UA band sees growth with new organization

UA band sees growth with new organization

Elizabeth Elkin January 28, 2015

The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences and School of Music created a new organization to support and promote the Million Dollar Band.The Million Dollar Band Association, Million Dollar...

University given national community service award

University given national community service award

Elizabeth Elkin January 25, 2015

The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education have named The University of Alabama to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction...

Tuscaloosa police precinct opens downtown

Tuscaloosa police precinct opens downtown

Elizabeth Elkin January 14, 2015

The Tuscaloosa Police Department opened a new precinct office in downtown Tuscaloosa Dec. 27 in order to spread its resources 
across Tuscaloosa.The precinct is located inside the Alvin P. DuPont Municipal...

New scholarship founded

New scholarship founded

Elizabeth Elkin January 7, 2015

Four University of Alabama alumni created a foundation to provide scholarships to graduate students. Recipients must be in good standing, in their second year of the public policy program and plan to change...

WRC to host Feminism Spoken Here lecture series

WRC to host Feminism Spoken Here lecture series

Elizabeth Elkin December 1, 2014

Each month, the Feminism Spoken Here Brown Bag Lecture Series, hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, the department of women’s studies and Student Affairs, features a guest speaker or an information...

Student to attend conference in Lima, Peru

Student to attend conference in Lima, Peru

Elizabeth Elkin November 19, 2014

Catherine King, a senior majoring in chemical engineering and chemistry, has been selected by the American Chemical Society to attend a United Nations climate-change conference in Lima, Peru, this December....

57 Miles to host open mic night in Marion, Alabama

57 Miles to host open mic night in Marion, Alabama

Elizabeth Elkin November 5, 2014

57 Miles will host an Open Mic Night Friday at P3, the building leased by The University of Alabama’s Honors College in Marion, Alabama. P3, located in Marion’s town square, is used as a meeting place...

Charity to take used clothing

Elizabeth Elkin October 26, 2014

University Programs and the department of restaurant, hotel and meetings management will host Clean Out Your Closet, a charity event where students can donate gently used clothing, shoes and accessories....

Hall collection on display at University

Hall collection on display at University

Elizabeth Elkin October 20, 2014

An exhibition called “From Wade Hall’s Library: The Poetry of History” is on display at The University of Alabama this fall. Wade Hall, who received his master’s degree at the University, collected...

AHC promotes integrity

AHC promotes integrity

Elizabeth Elkin October 14, 2014

This week is Academic Integrity Week on campus, hosted by the Academic Honor Council. The Academic Honor Council is a group of students from each college committed to promoting honesty and fairness on...

UA engineers earn SWE awards

UA engineers earn SWE awards

Elizabeth Elkin October 6, 2014

Grace Guin and Lexi Romine, two University of Alabama graduates, were recently selected to receive nationally competitive awards by the Society of 
Women Engineers. Ten members of SWE collegiate chapters...

ALLELE lecture discusses trace fossils

ALLELE lecture discusses trace fossils

Elizabeth Elkin October 5, 2014

Anthony J. Martin, ichnologist and professor of environmental science at Emory University, discussed trace fossils at the first ALLELE lecture of the semester Thursday night. Martin said trace fossils,...

Opera Guild to host gala

Opera Guild to host gala

Elizabeth Elkin September 24, 2014

The University of Alabama Opera Guild will present its latest fund raising event, “Music and Food from Around the World: A Gustatory Gala,” to benefit the University of Alabama Opera Theatre and its...