Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab Provides Coping, Research Opportunities

Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab Provides Coping, Research Opportunities

In the spring of 2013, The University of Alabama School of Social Work installed a virtual reality lab in Farrah Hall, becoming the third university in the country to have a social work VR lab. As a research tool, the Virtual Reality lab will allow researchers to expose participants to stimuli that otherwise may be

Touching Lives – Flashback

Touching Lives – Flashback

Every journey begins somewhere.  When you attend the University of Alabama, you follow a path established for the best and brightest. From nationally ranked academic programs, to exciting campus life opportunities, and friendships that last a lifetime. Your education experience at the University of Alabama may have a beginning, but there’s no end to where

UA In the News — June 17

More on the SidelinER — Program to help student-veterans –Honoring a former UA president — and more.

UA Trustees Establish Sport Technology Research Center

UA Trustees Establish Sport Technology Research Center

The University of Alabama will be home to a new center whose researchers will study the intersection of sports and technology, involving Crimson Tide athletics in an innovative approach to improve training and performance of athletes across the world.

UA In the News — June 16

UA unveils statue of Chancellor Robert Witt; Sorority row photo gallery — The science of alligator attacks — and more.

UA’s Plank Center Announces Selections for Educator Fellowship Program

The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama has announced the seventh class for its Fellowship for Educators program. Nine educators will have the opportunity to enhance their skills, as they will be placed in the offices of sponsoring organizations this summer.

UA In the News — June 15

New partnership between UA and VA — UA students chip in for free tax prep — Lessons for facing Alzheimer’s — and more.

Veteran, UA MBA Student Receives Tillman Scholarship

Dan Walters, a graduate student pursuing an MBA and a Juris Doctor degree at The University of Alabama, is one of 60 students nationwide selected as a 2016 Tillman Scholar.

UA Robotics Team Advances in NASA Centennial Challenge

UA Robotics Team Advances in NASA Centennial Challenge

After winning one NASA robotics contest, a team of engineering and computer science students from The University of Alabama successfully completed the first leg of another high-profile NASA robotics contest.

Two UA Students Recognized by National Fraternity Conference

Two University of Alabama students have received an Undergraduate Award of Distinction from the North-American Interfraternity Conference for 2016.