TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is launching the process to create and fill a leadership position to guide UA’s continued commitment to enhancing the campus environment through equity and inclusion. UA President Stuart Bell announced in November 2015 that a new diversity plan would become part of the university’s Strategic Planning Council work and
UA professor returns from deep sea ocean explorations WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 10 A University of Alabama assistant professor just returned from two weeks of deep ocean exploration and he may have even discovered a new species. Kevin Kocot and 24 other early career scientists recently went on a training cruise. While there, they
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. EVENTS Learn about University Libraries while enjoying free ice cream on the Quad in front of Gorgas Library on Aug. 18 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. First-year and transfer students can meet new people, learn
UA Honors College freshmen spruce up Vance Elementary Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 9 Some freshmen at the University of Alabama are making an impact in their community before fall classes start. “Just out here having a great time and trying to do what we can for the community and introduce these freshmen to an
UA Students were given the opportunity to paint an image of their choice. UA Crossroads Director Lane McLelland hopes activities like painting will help the students develop new ways of thinking and inspire creativity, as they enter a new school year.
Alabama Action provides a student-created service-learning experience for 150 Honors College freshmen. This year students are painting, preparing classrooms and creating outdoor learning spaces at Vance Elementary School.
Minorities Suffer From Unequal Pain Treatment New York Times – Aug. 8 Roslyn Lewis was at work at a dollar store here in Tuscaloosa, pushing a heavy cart of dog food, when something popped in her back: an explosion of pain. At the emergency room the next day, doctors gave her Motrin and sent her
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of the Cook Political Report and columnist for the National Journal, will be the keynote speaker in the annual Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus. Cook’s lecture is free and open
By Olivia Grider During a conversation in August 2014, Lisa McKinney, an accounting lecturer at The University of Alabama, and David Hose, a business graduate student, discovered they had similar ideas about community service – they wanted to be involved, but weren’t sure what they could do or how to get started. “I can’t build
The Black Faculty/Staff Association at The University of Alabama held a Kente Robing Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, before the summer commencement exercises.