The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded the UA College of Continuing Studies division of environmental and industrial programs a $191,000 grant to help improve workplace safety...

The UA System Board of Trustees met Friday and approved a number of building projects for the University and allocated more than $6 million for scholarships, which includes a $3.5 million bequest from...

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees will meet Friday to review plans for several building projects affecting the UA campus and to vote on the approval of more than $6 million in scholarships....

With the creation of the Alabama First program, the University is making an effort to help first generation college students throughout their college experience. Nearly 20 percent of the UA undergraduate...

The School of Library and Information Studies will host the third annual Celebration of Latino Children's Literature conference today and tomorrow in Gorgas Library and Alston Hall. The conference will...

Two UA professors, Seongsin Margaret Kim and Tim Mewes, were selected by the National Science Foundation to receive CAREER Awards totaling more than $890,000 last week. CAREER Awards are the foundation’s...

After more than 35 years at the University, Douglas E. Jones, professor emeritus of geological sciences and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, died Friday at...

The SGA will say goodbye to the 2009-2010 staff next week, causing Chris Vinson, vice president for financial affairs, to look back on his experiences with the SGA. Vinson first served in the SGA as treasurer...

The Center for Mental Health and Aging will hold another lecture as part of its Scientific Seminar Series today at noon in the Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence. The speaker will be Dr. Peter...

After a four-year battle with brain cancer, Robert Young, an English associate professor at the University, passed away on Jan. 31 at 42. Young, who specialized in contemporary black literary and cultural...