Student Shopping for Elderly Service Expands to Tuscaloosa, Birmingham

Student Shopping for Elderly Service Expands to Tuscaloosa, Birmingham

Leave It To Us, a University of Alabama student-created non-profit organization that helps senior citizens practice social distancing by using volunteers to grocery shop for them free of charge, now has Tuscaloosa and Birmingham branches.

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Make a Difference with the 2020 Census: We’re Counting on You

Completing the U.S. Census is crucial for many reasons.

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Be Counted, Be Represented and Help the State of Alabama Do the Same

April 1 is national 2020 Census Day and Alabama, particularly Tuscaloosa, has a lot at stake.

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UA Libraries Closed Physically but Open Virtually

Due to COVID-19, all University of Alabama Libraries are closed until further notice, but the libraries support of the UA community will continue virtually.

Michael Arundel grocery shopping for senior citizens.

UA Junior Creates Fee-Free Shopping Service for Elderly

UA junior Michael Arundel returned home to Chicago for spring break expecting to study for the MCAT, but he ended up creating a service that helps senior citizens practice social distancing by grocery shopping for them free of charge.

Wake up Call Wall with the Check Your Blind Spots Unconscious Bias Tour

Unconscious Bias Blind Spots Tour Bus Coming to Campus

The tour – a bus and inclusive lounge outside of the bus – uses a series of interactive elements to help raise awareness about unconscious bias and how people can change their behaviors.

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Faculty Senate Seeks to Create New Affinity Groups

The University of Alabama Faculty Senate’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is seeking to create new affinity groups to help UA faculty, staff and graduate students feel more welcome, comfortable and understood.

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UA’s Women’s History Month: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

To celebrate Women’s History Month, The University of Alabama’s Women and Gender Resource Center has a lineup of events focusing on 100 years of women’s suffrage.

Join Conversation About Policing and Campus Notifications Feb. 27

Join Conversation About Policing and Campus Notifications Feb. 27

Join panelists for an open and frank discussion at “Campus Conversation About Policing and Campus Notifications,” at John England Hall on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

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Research About ‘Home’ Lands Professor Literary Award

“The Baa Haas” won Dr. Sharony Green the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History, an award recognizing a literary work of nonfiction that uses oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place or movement.