UA In the News — Dec. 20

UA In the News — Dec. 20

Health issues after 60 — Risks for veterans — and more.

Civil War Opera Lands National Recognition

Civil War Opera Lands National Recognition

The University of Alabama’s Opera Theatre won second place in the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition for its earlier world-premiere chamber opera production “Freedom and Fire! A Civil War Story.”

UA In the News — Dec. 19

UA In the News — Dec. 19

Hockey player honors memory of victims — Success in recruiting nurses — UA graduation — and more.

Solving Galactic Mysteries a Few Minutes at a Time

Solving Galactic Mysteries a Few Minutes at a Time

A project led by an astronomer at The University of Alabama that includes amateur astronomers will use gaps in the schedule of the Hubble Space Telescope to get a better look at oddities found in the sky.

UA In the News — Dec. 16-18

UA In the News — Dec. 16-18

UA launches campaign for new performing arts center — Commencement — UA political science faculty analyze Doug Jones’ senate victory — SGA raises money for SAFE center — and more.

UA Study to Take ‘Deep Dive’ into Risk Factors for Veterans, Suicides

UA Study to Take ‘Deep Dive’ into Risk Factors for Veterans, Suicides

University of Alabama researchers, America’s Warrior Partnership and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation have partnered on a four-year, $2.9 million study to explore risk factors that contribute to suicides, early mortality and self-harm among military veterans.

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This week at The University of Alabama: Study to look at factors in self-harm among veterans — Research shows a stressed boss is a bad boss — Mary Mary, Glover headline ‘Realizing the Dream’ Events — Fundraising campaign launches for new performing arts center 

UA Performing Arts Academic Center Campaign Announcement

UA Performing Arts Academic Center Campaign Announcement

The University of Alabama has launched a campaign to raise $15 million in private donations to support the construction of a new Performing Arts Academic Center on the former Bryce Hospital property.

HES Major Uses Tragedy to Power Career Ambitions

HES Major Uses Tragedy to Power Career Ambitions

Kaitlyn Jacoby, who will earn a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education Dec. 16 at Coleman Coliseum, was orphaned at the age of 16 after both her mother and father died of cancer.