A woman and child carry a shopping basket through a grocery store.

Social Work Students Work to End Child Hunger

UA social work students are working on a new online database that connects Alabama families in crisis with food resources in their communities.

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Student Health Care Streamlines, Expands with SHC, UMC Merger

The full transition is expected to be complete by the Fall 2021 Semester.

The Junior Naturalist Camp poster showing a butterfly on a flower.

UA Museum Offers Virtual Spring Break Camp for K-12 Students

UA’s Museum of Natural History will conduct the Junior Naturalist Camp virtually over the upcoming spring break holiday, March 15-19.

Cassini Periodical cicada

A Historic Swarm is Coming

One of the largest broods of periodical cicadas to emerge in U.S. history, Brood X, as it’s been named, will arise from the ground after 17 years.

A group of students holding signs that reveal the total of money raised over the past year.

UADM Raises More Than $303,000 for Children’s of Alabama

UADM raised $303,126 over the past year for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham.

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Earth’s Position and Orbit Spurred Ancient Marine Life Extinction

Ancient rocks from Tennessee revealed the Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun controlled the timing of oceanic dead zones in a mass extinction of marine life about 370 million years ago.

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Students, Help UA by Taking the NSSE

From March 1 to May 15, all UA first-year senior-level students are asked to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

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National Survey is Chance for Students to Help UA

Seniors and first-year students can help shape the future of the Capstone by participating in the National Survey of Student Engagement.

Women’s History Month 2021

Celebrate Women’s History Month 2021 at UA with spotlights on UA’s leading women, events and more.

Women’s History Month Spotlights: UA Leaders

Women’s History Month Spotlights: UA Leaders

The University of Alabama would not be where it is today if it weren’t for the leadership of women throughout its history. In 2012, Dr. Judy Bonner became the 28th president of The University of Alabama and its first woman president. Bonner previously served as executive vice president and provost of the University, and during