When coming to college, students often find themselves with time to discover new activities and hobbies. Whether it be artistic or athletic, there are plenty of options to fill time and meet others when...

The University announced the creation of the School of Data Science on Tuesday. The school, containing the first academic unit in Alabama focused on artificial intelligence, will officially open in the...

A billboard at the intersections of University Boulevard and Peter Bryce Boulevard created by United Campus Workers of Alabama began displaying a sign criticizing the University’s student wages on Sunday.  The...

Richard Henry was elected to the Tuscaloosa City Council to fill the vacant District 3 spot. The seat was previously held by Norman Crow, who was elected to the Alabama’s House of Representatives’...

The Tuscaloosa Police Department shut down the Strip around 6 p.m. on Saturday after Alabama football’s A-Day spring scrimmage.  According to a post on TPD’s Facebook, the Strip was shut down due...

The University will close parking lots on the north and west of Bryant-Denny Stadium on Friday in preparation of A-Day, and remain closed next week in preparation of the Morgan Wallen concert on April...

About 50 members of the Tuscaloosa community rallied at Harry Pritchett Running Park on Sunday against its closure to the public. The University announced last week the trails would be permanently reserved...

About a dozen University students and faculty delivered a petition to the Rose Administration Building on Friday asking UA President Peter Mohler to reinstate Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice magazines. In...

Jimmy Gracey, a student at the University, was found dead in the water in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday. He was 20 years old. Gracey was in Barcelona during a personal trip to visit friends studying...

Jimmy Gracey, a junior majoring in accounting, was reported missing in Spain on Tuesday while visiting friends who are studying abroad. According to a 9:22 a.m Facebook post from his mother, Therese...

The UA College Democrats hosted Ron Sparks, Democratic candidate for Alabama commissioner of agriculture and industries. Sparks has no primary opponents and will be the Democratic nominee in the upcoming...

The City of Tuscaloosa announced on Friday that University Boulevard will be closed to through traffic between Redmont Drive and Arcadia Place from Saturday, March 14 at 8:30 a.m. until Sunday, March 22...

The Black Faculty and Staff Association announced on Feb. 26 that Black Scholars Day, a day recognizing the achievements of Black UA students, has been renamed to “Harold Bishop Honors Day.” The email...

A man and woman were injured in a shooting incident near Lake Tuscaloosa on Friday evening. Both received non-life-threatening injuries, and there is no ongoing threat. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office...

The SGA released the unofficial results for the 2026 election on Tuesday. The election had a turnout of 24.58%, meaning 9,870 voters out of 40,157 eligible undergraduate students voted. This year’s...

A Tuscaloosa woman shot a man multiple times on Sunday. No charges have been filed, as she claims to have shot him in self defense. Police were dispatched to a shooting in the 600 block of 38th Street...

Samantha Simmons is a junior majoring in political science and currently serves as the vice president of academic affairs. She is running for SGA president. Q: Why is it that you’re running for president? A:...

Kyle  Porter is a senior majoring in public health. He is running for SGA president. Q: Why is it that you’re running for president? A: Thank you for your question. So I am a senior at the University,...

Aaron Rak is a junior majoring in civil engineering. He is running for SGA president. Q: Why is it that you’re running for president? A: Well, I thought it’d be something fun to do. There’s...

SGA presidential candidate Kyle Porter’s campaign received a minor 2-point campaign violation for “Use of Unauthorized UA Emblems, Logos, or Copy Written Material” on Saturday by a vote of 7-0 from...

Luther Watkins was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on Thursday for the murder of Tuscaloosa police officer Dornell Cousette. Watkins was found guilty of capital murder last Friday...

SGA presidential candidate Kyle Porter said he and his campaign manager planted over 150 signs on the Quad in support of his campaign at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.  He came back to the Quad later that...

A 33-year-old man died in police custody early Saturday morning. Tuscaloosa Police Department officers responded to a reported crime in progress at 1900 North Rice Mine Road at approximately 3:20 a.m....

Members of Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity participated in the ACLU’s advocacy day at the Alabama state House in Montgomery on Tuesday. Those in attendance spoke out against Senate Bill 209,...

The Queer Student Association forfeited its position on the Media Planning Board Monday, citing the University’s cancellation of the student-run publications, Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six. The...

Deunta Sherron Wilson, 32, was arrested Jan 7. and charged with firstdegree sexual abuse and thirddegree burglary. He is being held at the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $35,000 cash bond, a consolidation...

The trial of Luther Watkins Jr. began Monday after five days of jury selection last week. Watkins is charged with the capital murder of 13-year Tuscaloosa Police Department officer Dornell Cousette on...

The Office of Student Media hosted “Think Tank Table,” its second workshop for students to brainstorm ideas for a new student magazine currently in development, in the Student Center on Thursday. The...

The Alabama state House passed a bill on Thursday to remove language from existing law requiring the establishment of a School of Social Work of Alabama. It passed 76-14. Authored by state Rep. Danny...

Over 60 students gathered on the Quad on Friday to rally against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Another 10 engaged in a counterprotest across the Quad. Four student organizations organized...

Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity will table on the Quad every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this semester, offering contraceptives to students. The initiative began last Friday. Alex Huddleston,...

The University will suspend operations on Monday due to the possibility of icy road conditions. All Monday classes, including remote and online classes, as well as all University events, are canceled....

Students will rally against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday at 11:30 a.m. on the Quad in front of Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. The participating organizations are Students for Justice...

The Office of Student Media hosted a workshop for students to brainstorm ideas for a new student magazine currently in development at Strange Brew on Wednesday. The goal is for the new publication to have...

A one-page house bill was filed in the Alabama slate legislature on Monday to remove language from existing law requiring the establishment of a School of Social Work of Alabama. Authored by state Rep....

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Alabama delivered an amended list of demands to University President Peter Mohler on Wednesday at “Mornings with Mohler,” a University...

Techstars, an investor in startup ventures, will host two Founder Catalyst programs and a three-day Startup Weekend event in collaboration with the University and the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development...

Two men were both charged with two counts of capital murder on Monday after the alleged killings that took place on Oct. 20. Barry Craig, 51, and Wesley Rice, 31, were arrested and charged with the...

Tuscaloosans protested on Wednesday at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse against United States Sen. Katie Britt and SNAP benefits being withheld from Alabamians during the government shutdown. Hosted...

The University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted its annual Homecoming step show on Friday, with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. winning for the second year in a row. The four participating NPHC...

Sydney Blackhurst is a junior majoring in accounting from Phoenix, Arizona, running for UA Homecoming Queen 2025. Q: What are your involvements on and off campus? A: My involvement on and off campus...

Morgan Grzybowski is a senior majoring in biology from Wildwood, Missouri, running for UA Homecoming Queen 2025. Q: What are your involvements on and off campus? A: So really the big thing on campus...

Carrington Mills is a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Pelham, Alabama, running for UA Homecoming Queen 2025. Q: What are your involvements on and off campus? A: So some of my involvement...

Crawford West is a senior majoring in public health from Birmingham, Alabama, running for UA Homecoming Queen 2025. Q: What are your involvements on and off campus? A: So my main involvement on campus...

Rachel Rybicki is a senior majoring in finance and economics from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, running for UA Homecoming Queen 2025. Q: What are your involvements on and off campus? A: On campus,...

The UA System announced the creation of the School of Leadership and Policy during the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. The college will be housed in a renovated Farrah Hall and will begin classes in...

Matthew Matherson, 38, died after opening fire on police following a vehicle pursuit Wednesday morning. At approximately 2:23 a.m., Hale County Sheriff’s Office and Moundville Police Department units...

Two men were arrested on Monday and charged for attempted murder for separate shootings that occurred last weekend in Tuscaloosa. Both are being held in jail with no bond. Cordarius King, 35, was arrested...

One man has been charged with murder for a shooting death Saturday. Two other separate shootings that occurred on Saturday and Sunday, injuring multiple people, are currently being investigated. 3400...

The University removed signage in favor of and criticizing the conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. A “Pray for the Kirks” sign, a Christian flag and a Bible were placed near...

The SGA announced the results of a special election held on Wednesday. The unofficial results for each college are as follows: C&IS: Maddie Hardwick CHES: Sam Beall Graduate School: Eric...

The UA System Board of Trustees granted initial approval to submit a proposal for a Master of Science degree in artificial intelligence at the University on Friday. “​​There is an urgent and growing...

Around 100 UA students attended a vigil at Denny Chimes Wednesday to honor Charlie Kirk, a political commentator and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated in a shooting at Utah Valley University. A...

The University announced last Wednesday that Bryant-Denny stadium would now have Wi-Fi for all home games this football season. During Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Monroe, students shared their...

The University announced at a press conference Wednesday that Bryant-Denny Stadium will have free WiFi for every home game this football season. “The athletic department has undergone some major facility...

Walt Maddox, mayor of Tuscaloosa presented the proposed city budget for the 2026 fiscal year to the city of Tuscaloosa City Council Finance Committee last Tuesday. The nearly $240 million proposed budget...

The City of Tuscaloosa and the Tuscaloosa City Schools filed a lawsuit against the commissioner, Vernon Barnett, of the Alabama Department of Revenue Aug. 12. They are suing on the basis of companies...

Peter Mohler, the University's 30th president who assumed the role last month, greeted students and parents Friday as they moved into on-campus housing. According to the UA Housing and Residential Communities,...

Samory Pruitt, UA vice president for the Division of Community Affairs, announced he will retire after this school year Tuesday. He will have served at the University for 40 years upon retirement on June...

John Hooks, chief of the University of Alabama Police Department, will resign from the role at the end of July. He has served as UAPD Chief since 2015. Hooks previously served as a deputy sheriff at...

UA Parking Services will offer a new parking permit, the “Park and Ride” permit, to commuter students for the upcoming semester. The permit, which costs $187.50 for the 2025-26 school year, allows...

The trial for former UA basketball player Darius Miles has been set for Dec.1 The date was set by Judge Daniel F. Pruet at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse Friday. Miles is charged with capital murder...

The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education will sue the state of Alabama over the distribution of online sales tax revenue after a unanimous vote.  Last week, the Tuscaloosa City Council approved...

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees Compensation Committee confirmed the salaries for Peter Mohler and various coaching positions Monday. Mohler, who was announced as the next University...

The preliminary hearing for the lawsuit filed against Gov. Kay Ivey and the UA System Board of Trustees regarding Senate Bill 129, the “divisive concepts” bill, continued Thursday at the Hugo L. Black...

The preliminary hearing for the lawsuit filed against Gov. Kay and the UA System Board of Trustees regarding Senate Bill 129, the “divisive concepts” bill, began Wednesday at the Hugo L. Black U.S....

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Peter J. Mohler as the 30th president of The University of Alabama Monday. His term as president will begin July 21. “To the faculty, staff,...

Around 500 people rallied at “No Kings Tuscaloosa” Saturday outside the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse, joining protesters across the nation in opposition of President Donald Trump. “We...

Indivisible of West Alabama, a local activist organization, will host a  “No Kings Tuscaloosa” protest outside the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse Saturday from 6-8 p.m. The protest...

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the naming of the College of Arts and Sciences after University alum J. Frank Barefield Jr. Friday. Barefield made a $35 million gift commitment...

The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP will host its 73rd annual convention in Tuscaloosa. The conference will take place Sept. 25-28. “It is a proud moment for our city and our branch. It is not...

Among other facets of the state out-of-state students might not know about are a selection of unique holidays in Alabama, several of which honor figures from the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee Day Robert...

The University updated the Capstone Creed Tuesday. The revision, which is the first since 2016, removed mention of equity and inclusion. The 2016 update was the first revision to the creed, which was...

President Donald Trump’s optional commencement address will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Coleman Coliseum. Former Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban and University President Stuart Bell will...

University students and outside activist organizations will protest President Donald Trump’s commencement address Thursday. The UA College Democrats will hold “Tide Against Trump” Thursday at...

The University opened ticket reservations for President Donald Trump’s Thursday commencement address at Coleman Coliseum for all students Tuesday. Students graduating in the fall, summer and spring of...

President Donald Trump will deliver a “spring commencement address” Thursday, May 1, at Coleman Coliseum. He will not speak at any of the eight ceremonies planned May 2-4. The event is ticketed...

Wish Makers at Bama, the University’s branch of Make-A-Wish Alabama, held its first wish reveal Thursday, granting Northport resident Angel Shepherd and her family a trip to Disney World. “It’s...

Wish Makers at Bama, the University’s chapter of Make-A-Wish America, will hold its first Make-A-Wish reveal April 17. The wish granted will be a trip for a 4-year-old girl, Angel, and her family to...

Voters in the City of Tuscaloosa’s first district elected Joe Eatmon to the City Council Tuesday. The runoff was held after no candidates received a majority of the vote in the municipal election in...

Third Act, a national activism group, will hold “Hands Off! Tuscaloosa” Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse as part of a statewide “Alabama Fights Back!”...

A crowd of over 150 UA students and Tuscaloosa community members rallied at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse Monday in support of Alireza Doroudi, a UA doctoral student arrested by U.S....

Tide Tech Comms, a newly founded student organization, held its first general interest meeting last Wednesday. The organization aims to bridge “the gap between communication and engineering, giving...

UA College Democrats will hold a peaceful rally in support of Alireza Doroudi outside the Tuscaloosa Federal Building and Courthouse at 5 p.m. on Monday. Doroudi is a UA doctoral student who was arrested...

The University of Alabama Police Department responded to a UA student’s report of a possible motor vehicle theft Sunday evening around 1 a.m. The vehicle is a black 2012 Hyundai sedan, limited trim....

President Donald Trump issued an executive order last Thursday that directs the education secretary to begin dismantling the department. The department’s dissolution was a key campaign promise of Trump’s...

Earlier this month, the University granted the UA chapter of Young Americans for Freedom permission to omit the terms “gender identity,” “gender expression” and “sexual identity” from its constitution’s...

The University of Alabama was mistakenly listed as under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for awarding “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.” The University...

Editor's note: After this story was published, the Department of Education quietly updated a press release that had erroneously listed The University of Alabama as under investigation. In fact, it is The...

Members of the Leftist Collective and Bama Students for Palestine held a “Hands off Gaza!” rally on the Quad Thursday in protest of Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza and President Donald...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring English the official language of the United States Saturday.  The order states, “to promote unity, cultivate a shared American culture for...

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the first of four development stages for a $1.6 million expansion of the Student Recreation Center courts Feb. 7. The project will create up...

University President Stuart Bell was declared a finalist for the role of chancellor at Texas A&M Feb. 24. He announced in January that he would be stepping out of the president role and looks forward...

The Black Student Union held its annual State of the Black Union Thursday as part of BSU Week. “It is important to have a State of the Black Union here at the University of Alabama because it just...

The SGA announced the results of the 2025 spring elections Tuesday night. Voter turnout for the presidential election was 23.8%, a decrease from last year’s turnout of 26.01%. Only 9,273 of 38,906...

Bama Dining announced on Instagram last Friday that Sola, the taqueria upstairs in Lakeside Dining, will close at the end of the spring semester. Social Bites, a kiosk-based venue offering fast food staples,...

Conner Forbes is a junior majoring in finance and a current SGA senator for the Culverhouse College of Business. He is running uncontested to be the next SGA vice president for financial affairs. Q:...

The Black Student Union will hold BSU Week from Sunday to Friday. Sunday will be the start of the festivities with a worship service at Cornerstone Full Gospel Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m. There will...

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees elected Angus R. Cooper III as a new member Feb. 7. Cooper will represent Alabama’s first congressional district for the board along with current board...

Black History Month was first officially recognized in February 1976 by then-President Gerald Ford. 39 years later, under the second administration of President Donald Trump, the Department of Defense...