


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

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 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
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.

Snow Day at UA 2017
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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
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
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.