This summer, thousands of incoming students passed through the doors of the University of Alabama’s Student Center for the orientation Bama Bound.
From dining halls and housing to action cards...
Before I sat down to write this letter, while on a little walk, I poked at the proverbial bee's nest of advice I’ve accumulated throughout college. As the swarm of good, bad and unsolicited advice buzzed...
With engaging visual art projects that culminated in a lantern parade on Saturday, May 21, Flow Tuscaloosa is working to foster environmental stewardship among The University of Alabama and the greater...
The drive, which began in January and wrapped up at the end of March, aims to distribute gently used classics and other required texts to K-12 students in the 13 counties that make up Alabama's Black Belt region.
It’s debatable to say that all The University of Alabama creates is legends, but it’s hard to debate the role faculty members play in students’ careers, especially faculty members like Qianping Guo.
With the first iteration of the culture desk’s revamped series “Track by Track,” we dive into the music that Brewer plays when she needs an escape from everything or just a comforting walk across campus.
“Legacy” by Jay-Z
“Legacy” shares Jay-Z’s thoughts on what legacy he will leave his children. The lyrics are over an upbeat production, but details the various members of the Carter family and...
On Sunday, Aug. 22, during the annual Alabama Writers Cooperative conference, Ashley Jones, a creative writing faculty member at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and a poet based in Birmingham, Alabama, became Alabama’s new poetic face as the 13th poet laureate.
While embarking into adulthood, whether that be college or life after college, it’s important to note that there will be endless transitions. Some happen all at once, like moving for work or school,...
The University of Alabama’s campus is back in business. Thousands of students moved into residence halls last week for events like orientation, Camp 1831, Biology Bootcamp and — most notably to TikTok...
Whether in a suite or a traditional dorm, incoming college students will face trials and tribulations while trying to create harmonious relationships with their roommates. For all those awkward moments and conflicts, Alicia Browne, director of housing administration, and Angel Shadd, a resident advisor and first-year graduate student in business administration, said the conflict can always be traced to a lack of communication.
Listen up, "Cultured" stans: it's the final episode.
In their last appearance on your podcast feeds, Jeffrey and Leah are talking about DJ White Shadow (not DJ White Snake), a new HBO show that's not...
You’ve heard complaints about quarantining and masking up. Maybe you brushed them off; maybe you made them yourself. But the family members of some who died from COVID-19 say those complaints aren’t funny—they’re hurtful.
"Cultured" is back, but not for long. In this second-to-last episode, Jeffrey and Leah talk about music, reality television and the circumstances of Lori Loughlin's stint in prison. What more could you...
Today on the pod: Ariana Grande is a coach on "The Voice" (?); Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" still hits (!); and a movie about the city we live in is... really, really bad.
Listen to "Cultured" below...
While the battle for justice and change rages on throughout the United States, many have found themselves searching for ways to broaden their understanding of current legal issues.
To help people...
This week on “Cultured:” our hosts agree on only one thing: Twitter Spaces are bad for the environment. Also on the podcast this week, two soundtracks Jeffrey and Leah are obsessed with, the best movie of all time and, obviously, the Grammys.
Everyone has a hidden talent. Jeffrey's is crying on cue during Laika stop-motion films. Leah's is reciting the lyrics of "Do It Again" by Steely Dan from memory.
Listen to this week's pod below or...
We can be honest. Jeffrey and Leah occasionally lose the thread in this episode of "Cultured"—but only because they're vibing so hard. In this episode, our hosts think about some cultural artifacts (think...
This week on "Cultured," Jeffrey and Leah forget to actually stan someone and instead talk about their two snow day obsessions: climate change (Jeffrey) and Céline Sciamma movies (Leah).
In this episode of "Cultured," Jeffrey and Leah talk about The New York Times and Hulu's "Framing Britney Spears," Netflix's "Malcolm & Marie" and the culture desk's recommended love songs (and break-up tracks).
Black-owned magazines and newspapers have been at the forefront of many movements for justice. From campaigning for abolition to supporting Black Lives Matter, these publications have made their marks advocating on behalf of their readership.
In our second episode, Jeffrey and Leah talk about people who've never won a Grammy (stan Zubin Mehta), how to pronounce Bon Iver (bone eevare) and whether "Midsommar" is a good movie (honestly, who's to say).
Jeffrey and Leah christen "Cultured," The CW's new podcast from the culture desk. Our hosts talk "Bridgerton," Leona Lewis, celebrity baby names and why Olivia Rodrigo makes them feel out of touch.
Vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion is a fairly new position in the Student Government Association. Its current occupant, Caitlyn McTier, knows SGA is far from perfect. But she won't let that stop her from giving the job her best shot.
The best thing students can do to survive this school year is communicate. The instructors and professors who already struggle to get to know students in their classes are now faced with an even taller task: getting to know them through a screen.
COVID-19 changed the election process for many Americans, but that didn’t stop voters from turning out in record numbers during the 2020 presidential election. While more people than ever before voted...
UA Opera Theatre said hello and much more to the new year last week. A performance from opera students sampled collaborations between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, putting together a program that welcomed listeners back to the world of live performance.
An analysis of instructor pay in one college gives students a look at how much their professors make. Yeah, that adjunct professor whose emails you’ve been ignoring? They may make less than you think.
In continuation of its webinar series on social justice, the Black Faculty and Staff Association will host an event with Chance W. Lewis and Pastor Kris Erskine, the co-authors of “The Dilemmas of Being...
Since the end of March, this pandemic has provoked changes in people's professional and personal lives, and the UA Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) was no exception.
While making individual...
Even as the media and times changed, the use of Black bodies to further the narrative of “black criminality,” has persisted.
“The face of crime was painted Black and often it was seen as being...
Update, August 23 – As students and faculty navigated their first week back on campus, the University Libraries continued to update its plans to handle health and safety better.
One of those updates,...
More than 38,000 students from various backgrounds enroll at the University of Alabama every year, making it easy for them to get lost. For international students, there's an added layer of navigating...
At the helm of Nineteen Fifty-Six, the new UA magazine that focuses on celebrating Black excellence, culture and students, Editor-In-Chief Tionna Taite sits poised to enact change. After working closely with the Office of Student Media, the sophomore news media major is prepared to create a magazine that will "educate students from all backgrounds on culturally-important issues and topics," and give a voice to underrepresented students.
As the Black Lives Matter movement surged across the country, a call for change emanated from UA students. Along with protests came an onslaught of petitions that urged for a change to academic buildings’...
As June 19th approached, many prepared to celebrate Juneteenth in various ways. For Teryn Shipman, UA alumna and founder of the company and blog “For Black Girls Who Have A Lot to Say,” her plans included...
As the nation grappled with stay-at-home orders, many people were left to adjust to working remotely and canceling plans. For one UA English professor, quarantine inspired a new plan to give back.
Trudier...
When a prospective student’s racist Snapchat videos hit social media, Twitter quickly brought the behavior to the attention of the University. But, details on how the University will address the issue...
UA President Stuart R. Bell provided updates to the CW on Thursday, April 30, about the process to secure and distribute the $20.8 million of funding from the CARES Act, the decision to cut non-essential...
Update, April 17 – After being informed they would still be paid through “limited business operations” on April 2, inactive student workers have now been told that their payments will end soon.
“Student...
As the University closed its doors to on-campus students, three creative media students watched a window of opportunity close with it.
An abrupt end to in-person learning has left three seniors worried...
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has proclaimed a state of emergency following the Friday evening confirmation of a COVID-19 case in Tuscaloosa.
Tuscaloosa is the most recent of six counties to confirm...
Jason Rothfarb is a junior majoring in political science from Johns Creek, Georgia. He is running unopposed for the SGA executive vice president (EVP) position.
Demarcus Joiner is a junior from Warnock, Alabama, majoring in civil engineering on the pre-law track. He is running unopposed for the SGA presidential candidacy.
Four months after an initial proposal, the Latino/a/x Faculty Staff Association (LFSA) had its first general membership meeting on Feb. 12. At the meeting, members shared the completed first draft of their mission statement and bylaws.
In light of the upcoming 2020 election, this year’s Black History Month (BHM) programming is aptly themed, “African Americans and the Vote.”
University groups officially kicked off BHM programming...
Yusef Salaam stood confidently before a captivated audience, waiting for a reprieve from a pause that felt eternal. For 25 seconds, the stray jingle of keys and items clattering to the ground were the...
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, the University will be hosting a series of events over the next week. Check out Monday’s day of service put on by the Center for Service and Leadership and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or listen to two guest lecturers – one of whom is a member of the Exonerated Five.
In a conversation with The Crimson White, the University’s vice president and associate provost for diversity, equity, and Inclusion reflected on the division’s successes and areas for growth during...
A new suicide prevention initiative aims to give a platform for students to share their experiences in a way that hasn’t been done before at the University.
On Oct. 24, Bo Winegard, an assistant professor of psychology at Marietta College, led a seminar entitled "The Evolution of Human Diversity," during the ALLELE seminar series hosted by the Evolution Working Group (EVOWOG) at The University of Alabama.
With the help of a committee of faculty and staff at The University of Alabama, First Year Experience's BRIDGE program is striving to foster a sense of community with incoming male freshmen of color while also broadening their knowledge of campus.
