American women are dominating the Games, and it didn’t happen by accident Los Angeles Times – Aug. 17 A girl wanders into a Houston gym on a school field trip, a worker loves her spark, and a dozen years later she wins four Olympic gold medals. A girl jumps into a suburban Washington, D.C., swimming
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legal scholars and members of the banking community will visit The University of Alabama School of Law Aug. 26 to discuss bank director and officer responsibilities. The conference on Bank Director & Officer Responsibilities will be held in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom, room 140. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free
The University of Alabama was awarded a $100,000 grant to support research to understand the factors leading to the successes and failures of businesses that went public in 1996, the largest initial public stock offering class on record.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama announced today it is beginning its search for a new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. A 14-person committee of faculty, staff and students will oversee the national search with a goal of having a candidate in place by the beginning of the spring semester, said UA
Study finds women competitors dominate NBC’s prime time Associated Press – Aug. 16 During the first half of the Olympics, women have dominated the screen on NBC in the evening. Through Saturday night, 58.5 percent of the competition time on NBC’s prime-time telecasts involved women’s sports, with 41.5 percent devoted to men, according to research
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— A total of 29 images taken by young African American girls from Hobson City will be on display at The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa from Wednesday, Aug. 24, through Friday, Sept. 30. The exhibit, “#blackgirls4change: The Hobson City 9, Cultivating Community and Creating Change,” is free and
Ripple Effect is the annual day of service during Week of Welcome that provides an important opportunity for new and returning students to get connected and reconnected to the Tuscaloosa community.
University of Alabama sororities’ fall rush ends Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 14 Around 93 percent of the 2,683 female students who attended the first round of the University of Alabama’s sororities fall formal recruitment received bids from the 16 sororities participating. UA put the total number of women getting bids at 2,488. Of those who
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Of the 2,683 young women who attended the first round of events for Fall 2016 formal recruitment at The University of Alabama, 93 percent (2,488 women) received bids from the 16 Panhellenic sororities that participated in recruitment. The number of women who initially registered increased by more than 10 percent, and the