Somedays, you just need to get away. For an escape that’s just far enough to clear your mind but close enough to be home for dinner, look no further than Columbus, Mississippi – a charming old-southern...
The UA Feminist Caucus is sponsoring a Progressive Festival to connect liberal students with campus organizations that promote progressive ideals. The festival will take place Wednesday from 5 to 8:30...
Kyle Glisson, a senior majoring in biology, spent the first five days of his winter break in 2013 serving others in Auburn during his first Alternative Break trip. “It’s a good mix of service projects...
The Revive Progress Association is a new student group sponsoring a brunch this weekend to raise awareness about state education legislature. The Schoolhouse Votes Initiative Brunch will take place...
At 9 p.m. in Alberta City, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store closes for the evening. The next closest store is Winn-Dixie, almost two miles down the road. For residents with a car, the commute is no problem,...
Students creating their own major is relatively common, but there is a growing trend of teachers creating their own classes. Anil Mujumdar, a practicing lawyer in Birmingham and adjunct professor in...
Dark matter is more than just a mythical fuel source in the popular, animated comedy “Futurama." It is potentially a substantial part of the universe. Three University of Alabama physicists are taking...
The new Embassy Suites hotel is going to bring some big city charm to downtown Tuscaloosa, general manager John ?Chris said. “We’re not going to be your run-of the-mill corporate hotel,” Chris said....
The Manderson Graduate School of Business has relationships with many businesses, but each year one stands apart. The school annually gives the Partner of the Year award to recognize a company that has...
A new app designed to keep students safe will be available for the beginning of the new school year. The Rave Guardian campus safety system has been updated and will now be available as a smart phone...
By Emily Williams | Staff Reporter The Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market caters to students and locals alike by providing fresh, healthy ?produce and convenient payment options. The market provides...
The first group of new Panhellenic sorority members to run out of Bryant-Denny Stadium on Bid Day was a crowd of Alpha Phis. They had the farthest to run of all the new members that day, so they got a...
Two members of the bass fishing club team finished second in the Fishing League Worldwide Southeast Regional Qualifier in Guntersville, Alabama, on May 17. Charles Hurst and Logan Shaddix became the University’s...
Avanti leader Sam Foster and parent ambassador Madeline Folsom raised more than $1,500 to support the Foothills Alliance through the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop service project this year. The...
People drive down Warner, Wallace, McFarland and Greensboro all the time, but most never stop to consider where the names on the street signs came from. Some of the street names in Tuscaloosa are named...
This fall, students will no longer receive disposable Styrofoam takeout containers from dining halls. In cooperation with an SGA resolution passed by last year’s senate, Bama Dining has decided to replace...
A group of advertising students will have their work displayed in a national student showcase this May. Students in Glenn Griffin’s advanced advertising development class have submitted 20 pieces of...
In 1969 Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, Madison Square Garden and London’s Royal Albert Hall. That same year, he also played Coleman Coliseum, right here on The University of Alabama’s campus. Throughout...
Viola Acoff, head of the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, was recently awarded for her dedication to increasing diversity in the field of engineering. Acoff was named a recipient...
With approval ratings in Washington, D.C., reaching all-time lows in the last few years, many Americans seem fed up with the lack of cooperation coming out of the nation’s capital. As part of the Honors...
National Public Radio host and author Michele Norris will speak about race in America on Wednesday as a part of the Blackburn Institute’s Frank A. Nix lecture series. Norris, who previously hosted the...
The Students For Open Doors and Ethical Leadership assembly met Monday in Carmichael Hall to discuss proposals for grounds use policy reform. Student representatives from the Mallet Assembly, the Women’s...
The week before spring break is one of the busiest times of the year at the Student Recreation Center, but next year, it might be a little bit easier to find an open treadmill. This fall, University Recreation...
Alabama state representatives discussed education reform and job creation at an Honors College Town Hall event Sunday night. “Capitol to the Capstone: Reshaping Alabama’s Image to Keep Alabama’s...
The 2013 incoming freshman class was the largest in University of Alabama history. The 6,478 students required to live on campus caused a shortage of University housing and sent overflow freshmen to off-campus...
The University of Alabama is famous for its signature Greek Revival architecture style, with towering columns and steep staircases leading to building entrances. But one thing missing from these grand...
From midnight pancakes to unlimited pizza, the myriad offerings at Bama Dining locations seem to appear continuously; the origins of the meals and the ingredients that go into them are, for many students,...
Since 1996, businesses in Tuscaloosa have been partnered with Bama Dining and the Action Card Office to allow students to use their ACT cards as a form of payment. However, the partnership has proved beneficial...
Zyda Culpepper-Baldwin lives in a building with 965 other girls, but every night she comes home to a space of her own. More than content with her arrangements, Culpepper-Baldwin is part of a growing number...
The Women’s Resource Center and the department of gender and race studies will continue their monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series Wednesday afternoon in Garland 203 with presentations from two political...
Slash Pine Press, a creative internship program at The University of Alabama, will be creating a chapbook featuring poems written for Poetry Out Loud, a national high school poetry competition that takes...
In response to a number of shooting incidents on college campuses in the past few years, the Counseling Center, UAPD and the Office of Emergency Preparedness sponsored an active shooter training program...
Warren St. John left Birmingham to attend Columbia University in New York City, but that hasn’t stopped him from returning to Alabama. “You get something from leaving and coming back. There are a...
In 2010, 20-year-old University of Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey was raped at an off-campus party by a football player. She spoke of the assault to a doctor, an athletic department administrator...
The University Medical Center, a primary care practice connected to the College of Community Health Sciences, has hired a new physician and is accepting new patients at its Warrior Family Medicine branch,...
Statements of candidacy for the upcoming Student Government Association elections are due Wednesday. Statements of candidacy include general information about a candidate, as well as their 200-word platform...
While many college students work in stores or restaurants, one of the largest employers of students is the University itself. Vaishali Patel, recruitment specialist for the Department of Human Resources,...
A group of student actors is raising awareness about mental health issues by performing a series of pieces written by students struggling with mental illness. The fourth annual Mental Health Monologues,...
Many students choose to get career experience while they are in college, but not many of them get the opportunity to do so in a foreign country. Every summer, undergraduates have the chance to study,...
A group of students at a local church is trying to make the transition to American life a little easier for international students on campus. The International Student Ministry, now in its second year,...
A University of Alabama student spoke in front of the Tuscaloosa School Board Tuesday night about a recent controversy regarding a secret deal made for the funding of a new school. Adam Seale, a senior...
University of Oregon Professor Gregory Retallack will visit campus and give a lecture titled “Global Cooling by Grassland Soils in the Geological Past, Present, and Near Future.” The talk will take...
Starting at the end of January, the Office of First Year Experience will be accepting applications for Peer Leaders. Peer Leaders is a program where upperclassmen are paired with freshman classes to...
The economy in the state of Alabama is expected to improve in 2014, according to the annual forecast by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business....
Miss Point Mallard Katie Malone is using her platform in the Miss America Organization to make an impact for struggling families this holiday season. Malone has created a cookbook to benefit the Ronald...
Two University of Alabama professors were awarded a $2.2 million grant to expand the Head Start preschool program for children in West Alabama. Head Start provides enrichment for preschool-aged children...
While an average graduate thesis is around 80,000 words, 15 University of Alabama doctoral students managed to condense theirs into a three-minute presentation. The contestants gathered in Russell Hall...
Three University of Alabama undergraduate students have developed an app that aids in teaching autistic children to recognize facial emotions and are receiving national recognition for their work by...
The Crimsonettes are famous for performing during the Alabama football halftime show, but with the start of basketball season, a different set of dancers is taking center court. The Crimson Cabaret serves...
A group of University of Alabama graduate students is currently preparing to submit abstracts for the fourth annual Alabama Modern Language Conference. If accepted, the students will publicly present their...
