Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market Hosts Bama Loves Tomatoes Festival, Salsa Competition

Homegrown Alabama, The University of Alabama student-led farmers market, invites the community to the Bama Loves Tomatoes Festival on Thursday, July 5, from 3-6 p.m. on the lawn of Canterbury Episcopal Church.

UA Grads Receive Fulbright Scholarships for International Study

Seema Kumar of Shreveport, La., and Elyse M. McLaughlin of Birmingham, recent graduates of The University of Alabama, have received Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad during the 2012-2013 school year.

UA Professor’s ‘Hell: Paradise Found’ Finds Its Way to New York City

“Hell: Paradise Found,” a comedy written and directed by Seth Panitch, UA associate professor of theatre, will trod the boards in New York this July in an Off-Broadway production at the 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan.

West Alabama Real Estate Summit Coming to UA Aug. 24

The Alabama Center for Real Estate, part of the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama, will host a West Alabama Real Estate Summit Friday, Aug. 24, at the Bryant Conference Center.

UA Partners with Restoration Academy, Ernst & Young to Offer Summer Camp

Rising high school juniors who attend Restoration Academy in Fairfield will have the opportunity to participate in a summer camp at The University of Alabama July 8-13. Ernst & Young LLP has partnered with UA and Restoration Academy for this program.

UA’s Rose Towers to be Imploded July 4

The University of Alabama’s Rose Towers will be demolished July 4 to make way for a new residence hall to be built near the same site.

Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring Term

A total of 6,847 students enrolled during the 2012 spring term at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above, or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0, all As.

Foster Care Students Experience College Life at UA in Summer Program

A select group of high school students who are living in foster care will have the opportunity to participate in a summer camp at The University of Alabama in the Nsoro Precollegiate Summer Program June 24-29.

UA Music Students Set Record in Southeast Competition

Five students from The University of Alabama School of Music’s French horn studio made history by sweeping all four competitions at the recent Southeast Horn Workshop.

UA-housed APR Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award

Alabama Public Radio, housed in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences, has been announced as a 2012 recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Association’s national Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.