They are #1 — UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins National Championship

The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team ended their season on a high note as national champions by defeating the University of Illinois during the playoff tournament held March 18-20 in Denver.

Noted Psychologist to Speak on Diagnosis of Emotional Disorders at UA’s Dinoff Memorial Lecture

Dr. David H. Barlow, professor of psychology and psychiatry and founder and director emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, will be the guest speaker for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 3.

UA’s Dance Alabama! Gets Imaginations of Student Choreographers Moving

The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance presents the student-choreographed Dance Alabama! Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, through Thursday, April 2, and at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in Morgan Auditorium on Colonial Drive in the UA Theatre District.

That’s Our Story, and We’re Sticking to It: UA’s Creative Campus Presents Black Warrior Storytelling Festival

Alabama storytellers, comedians and folklorists will share their tales at the Black Warrior Storytelling Festival Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, in River Road Park at McCorvey Drive and Jack Warner Parkway.

TV Star Victoria Rowell to Speak at UA About Her Memoir of a Childhood in Foster Care

Victoria Rowell, best-selling author, former star of the daytime drama “The Young and the Restless” and advocate for foster children, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30, at Sellers Auditorium in the Paul Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Engineering Students Prepare for Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions

Rolling pins are often associated with baking, however University of Alabama engineering students are taking them out of the kitchen and into the garage to make an ultra-sleek, floating concrete canoe. And, when they are not cooking up concrete mixtures, you can find them also constructing a steel deck bridge with the ability to support 2,500 pounds.

UA Recognizes Third Class of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars

Leadership, motivation and a drive to achieve higher education describes a select group of University of Alabama students given opportunity, by the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program, to become the first in their families to earn a college degree.

UA Network Helps Marion Residents Catch Entrepreneurial Fever

There may be a recession going on in Alabama and the nation, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at downtown Marion, county seat of Perry County in the heart of the state’s Black Belt.

LUNAFEST Touring Film Festival to be Hosted by UA for Women’s History Month

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is presenting LUNAFEST, a national touring festival of films focusing on women, as part of Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Seven Alabamians Recognized by UA for Entrepreneurial Efforts; Educators, Practitioners Receive Awards

Seven Alabamians have been recognized by the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at The University of Alabama for their efforts in teaching, promoting and displaying effective entrepreneurship around the state.