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Students find ways to get involved

Melissa Brown August 29, 2011

University of Alabama students are no strangers to volunteering their time for a greater cause. Even before the volunteer response to the events of April 27, the Capstone had been named to the President’s...

Diet smart this summer

Melissa Brown July 6, 2011

For college students, summertime means beach, pool and swimwear season – and inevitably, staying-in-shape season. Many students work hard during the spring semester to lose weight or reach their fitness...

Internship program offers disaster relief

Melissa Brown July 6, 2011

While many students spend their summers building their resumes as interns, the tragedies and destruction following the April 27 tornado provided UA students with unique opportunities for internships not...

Library names 2011 Faculty and Staff Award winners

Library names 2011 Faculty and Staff Award winners

Melissa Brown June 21, 2011

The Library Leadership Board has named Beth Holley and Wayne Rau as its 2011 Faculty and Staff Award recipients. “The Library Leadership Board Awards were created to recognize, on an annual basis, a...

Library Studies Appoints New Director

Library Studies Appoints New Director

Melissa Brown June 14, 2011

The School of Library and Information Studies has named Heidi Julien director following an international search to fill the position beginning Aug. 16. Julien is currently a professor and graduate coordinator...

UA awarded for civic engagement

Melissa Brown June 14, 2011

The University of Alabama has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, a federal honor awarded to universities that have shown a commitment to...

Black Warrior Makes Endangered Rivers List

Black Warrior Makes Endangered Rivers List

Melissa Brown May 31, 2011

American Rivers, a national conservation organization, has named the Black Warrior River as one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers due to local coal mining pollution. American Rivers has published...

Lavender Graduation honors LGBT grads

Melissa Brown April 25, 2011

Capstone Alliance, Spectrum, and the Women’s Resource Center are hosting Lavender Graduation today in the Ferguson Center Heritage Room. Lavender Graduation is a commencement ceremony aimed to honor...

Group wins business competition

Melissa Brown April 21, 2011

A UA-based company took second place in the Alabama Launchpad Governor’s Business Plan Competition last week, winning $50,000 in seed capital. According to a UA press release, the IoLiTec Inc. team...

Environmental Council hosts Riverkeeper talk

Melissa Brown April 19, 2011

Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke will speak to students today from 5:30 p.m. to 7 in the Lloyd Lecture Hall, Room 38. The University of Alabama Environmental Council is hosting Brooke’s talk....

Communications college to hold silent auction

Melissa Brown April 13, 2011

  Students, faculty and community members will have a chance to bid on a football autographed by Nick Saban, among other items, at the College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Annual Silent...

Lee Prize honors best in legal fiction

Melissa Brown April 6, 2011

Nominations for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction will close Friday. The University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal sponsor the prize. According to the School of...

Freshman Forum organizes book drive

Melissa Brown March 29, 2011

  Freshman Forum encourages students to drop off new or gently used elementary-reading level books or monetary donations at the Track 3 Book Drive this week between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the donation...

On Quad; Sno-cones, crafts offer students break

On Quad; Sno-cones, crafts offer students break

Melissa Brown March 27, 2011

Students were able to indulge their inner child Sunday as they slurped on sno cones and played on Fun Factory Inflatables at the Residence Hall Association’s Carnival on the Quad. Students mingled with...

Textbook writer speaks on evolution

Textbook writer speaks on evolution

Melissa Brown March 24, 2011

The Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution Series hosted guest lecturer Douglas Futuyma, a leading researcher in evolution science, Thursday night. Students, faculty and community members gathered to hear...

UA team has alternate fuel breakthrough

Melissa Brown March 24, 2011

In an article released in Science magazine last week, a team of University of Alabama faculty and students announced it had devised an efficient method of recycling hydrogen, a step in the direction of...

Nationwide adventurer visits the Capstone

Nationwide adventurer visits the Capstone

Melissa Brown March 22, 2011

“He’s like a real life Forrest Gump!” said Mallory Flowers, a sophomore majoring in applied math. Students gathered in the Student Activity Center at the Student Recreation Center on Monday night...

Social work gives award for involvement

Melissa Brown March 10, 2011

Nominations for the Penny Allen Award, given to one student and one faculty or staff member every school year, are due today at noon. The award, established by the School of Social Work and the Union...

Rec Center offers personal training special

Melissa Brown March 10, 2011

Looking to get in shape in time for swimsuit season? University Recreation Personal Training is offering a personal training special that expires today. The spring break special includes 12 sessions with...

HCA hosts session for future leaders

Melissa Brown March 9, 2011

The Honors College Assembly will host an information session tonight at 7 for students interested in applying for a 2011-2012 leadership position. Students are invited to the CBH Lab in Nott Hall to learn...

FBI veteran talks job realities

Melissa Brown February 24, 2011

The Department of Criminal Justice, along with Alpha Phi Sigma, will provide students with the opportunity to hear Charles Dorsey, retired FBI agent and criminal profiler, speak about the realities of...

Community Service Center seeks valentine volunteers

Melissa Brown February 8, 2011

The University’s Community Service Center will be hosting “Making Valentines for Hospice Patients” today at 3 p.m. This event, held in The SOURCE on the third floor of the Ferguson Center, encourages...

RA applications open for students until next week

RA applications open for students until next week

Melissa Brown January 12, 2011

They are the first people you encounter when you move on campus freshman year. They can act as landlords when your toilet floods the bathroom, parents when they break up a loud party and friends when you...

Program focuses on balancing stress, health

Melissa Brown November 30, 2010

The University’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness is hosting 12 Days of Wellness, a program targeted toward faculty and staff during this stressful time of year. The program, kicking off today...

Iron Bowl complicates plans for many students

Melissa Brown November 21, 2010

The upcoming Iron Bowl is a source of excitement and anticipation for students, but this year’s game is also becoming a source of stress for students who wish to split the Thanksgiving break between...

Bama Buddies provides stuffed animals for children

Melissa Brown November 3, 2010

The SOURCE is bringing back a program to provide Tuscaloosa children with new stuffed animals. According to an October SOURCE newsletter, the Bama Buddies program is an initiative to benefit the community...

Students host Halloween festival for community

Melissa Brown October 24, 2010

The Student Alumni Association will host a Halloween Festival for children, the community and anyone willing to have some Halloween fun. On Tuesday, Oct. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. on the lawn in front of Alumni...

Tuscaloosa Christians argue against atheism

Melissa Brown October 20, 2010

Members of campus theological organizations and Tuscaloosa community members gathered in the Birmingham Room at the Bryant Conference Center Tuesday night to witness Defending the Faith, a multimedia discussion...

SGA to host event for students interested in off-campus housing

Melissa Brown October 17, 2010

The Student Government Association will be hosting a Landlords, Leases and Legalities event on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theater, open to all students interested in living off-campus...

Fraternities raise heels, awareness

Fraternities raise heels, awareness

Melissa Brown October 7, 2010

The sidewalks of sorority row were crowded Thursday afternoon as community members, school staff and sorority sisters gathered to watch fraternity brothers run, walk and stumble along in high heels for...

Debate held for Constitution Day

Melissa Brown September 19, 2010

Students, professors and community members gathered in the Ferguson Center Theater Friday to witness the student debate held in honor of Constitution Day. The College of Arts and Sciences, political science...

New cell phone security system works to keep students safe

Melissa Brown September 15, 2010

The University of Alabama Police Department and the Student Government Association have entered the digital age this semester with the start of a new cell phone security program. Rave Guardian, which...

Focus group trains teacher-coaches

Melissa Brown September 7, 2010

The College of Education hosted its first focus group in a yearlong series for future teacher-coaches Tuesday afternoon. Doctoral student Alan Brown led the Teacher-Coach Focus Group in Room 202 of Bibb...