Future Social Work Majors Learn, Work During UA Summer Camp

Fourteen high-school juniors and seniors will spend the next five weeks learning about social work careers at The University of Alabama and working with social work agencies in the Tuscaloosa area.

UA Business School Inducts Three to Faculty Hall of Fame

Three retired faculty members were recently inducted into the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Faculty Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama.

Boys State Students at UA Celebrate 75th Anniversary, Take Part in Community Service

The University of Alabama and the West Alabama community are welcoming some 560 high school seniors to campus June 10-16 for the 75th annual American Legion Boys State convention that will include community service to improve Tuscaloosa parks.

UA Mallet Assembly to Hold Katzenbach Memorial

Mallet Assembly student group at The University of Alabama is holding a memorial event in honor of Nicholas Katzenbach, U.S. deputy attorney general under Robert Kennedy during the civil rights era, on Monday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the Malone-Hood Plaza.

Soaking Up Noise

Soaking Up Noise

Deafening noise during combustion can lead to jet engine failure. A University of Alabama engineering professor, working with the U.S. Navy, uses a sponge-like material to reduce engine noise at its source.

UA Honors Students Receive Boren Scholarships for International Study

Two Honors College students at The University of Alabama have been awarded prestigious Boren Scholarships by the State Department for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Venus Transit: As Seen Through UA Telescope

More than 100 people attended a public sky viewing Tuesday of the transit of Venus. The event, hosted by The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy, was held in conjunction with the astronomical oddity that occurred for only the second time since 1882.

Underground Search for Neutrino Properties Unveils First Results, UA Physicists Play Key Role

University of Alabama physicists developed and built the largest active component of a prototype particle physics detector now shedding light on some of the fundamental particles of matter.

Corder Named to UA’s ACRE Advisory Board of Trustees

Lynn Corder, a founding partner in The Builders Group of West Alabama, a firm that specializes in residential home building, has been named to the advisory board of trustees of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.

UA’s Camp Cash in Fifth Year Teaching Middle-Schoolers Money Management Skills

For the fifth consecutive year, The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences will host Camp Cash, a unique and opportune summer camp for 25 middle-school students.