UA Enrollment Reaches Record 27,052 Students; Freshman Class Tops 5,000

A record 27,052 students are enrolled at The University of Alabama this fall. The entering freshman class, at 5,116, is the largest in UA history, and marks the first time that the freshman class has exceeded 5,000.

UA Computer-Based Honors Program Celebrates Big 4-0

The University of Alabama Computer-Based Honors Program is reaching a milestone anniversary with the celebration of its 40th anniversary on campus Saturday, Sept. 20.

UA Music Students Take Top Awards at International Falcone Competition

Talented students under the direction of Demondrae Thurman, assistant professor of euphonium and tuba in The University of Alabama School of Music, have recently received prestigious national awards for performance.

UA College of Arts and Sciences Celebrates Constitution Day

The College of Arts and Sciences will host two free movie nights, in honor of Constitution Day, Sept. 17-18 at 7 p.m. in 208 Gordon Palmer Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

Three UA Students Part of Wheelchair Basketball Team Taking Gold Medal in Beijing

With the help of three students from The University of Alabama, the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team won the gold medal in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Discovering Diversity

When some people refer to “rural,” you think of farmland just outside small-town Alabama. When John Clark refers to “rural,” he’s talking two days’ travel from the nearest road.

Expert on Town-Gown Relations to Speak, Meet with Campus Communities at UA

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a respected advocate and consultant for building town-gown relationships in university communities, will visit The University of Alabama Monday, Sept. 15 and Tuesday, Sept. 16.

UA Program Aimed at Managing and Protecting Wildlife, Environment

A revised curriculum focused on protecting and managing Alabama’s natural resources, which leads to a minor in natural resources management, is now available at The University of Alabama.

Former UA Quarterback Tyler Watts Speaks to UA Insurance Society

Former Alabama quarterback Tyler Watts of Pelham, now a color analyst on CSS, recently spoke to the Alabama Insurance Society about his other job as an insurance executive with Nationwide Insurance.

All in the Hips: Fossilized Discovery Leads UA Paleontologist to Find Early Whales Used Back Legs for Swimming

The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a “calling card” of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their front legs take the form of flippers that allow them to steer. Their special tails provide the powerful thrust necessary to move their huge bulk.