A rat snake flicks out its forked tongue.

The Venomous Serpents of Alabama’s Summer Days and Nights

Alabama’s 40-50 snake species are now on the loose looking for food and mates during their most active period of the year – spring to early summer.

A student conducts a magnetometry survey

On the Hunt for the Remnants of Surviving Slave Houses

After conducting surveys on the Magnolia Grove plantation home in Hale County, second-year anthropology graduate student Natalie Mooney may have discovered a pattern to find other slave houses in the Alabama Black Belt region that have been lost to time.

Young Writers Camp Aims to Broaden Youths’ Writing Abilities

Young Writers Camp Aims to Broaden Youths’ Writing Abilities

The University of Alabama’s English department and Creative Writing Program are offering a Young Writers Camp June 17-21, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Bryant Conference Center.

SummerTide's 2018 production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes."

Theater at the Beach: SummerTide Rolls In

For three weeks starting June 4, youth in kindergarten through 12th grade will have the opportunity to join UA’s SummerTide Theatre Camp at South Baldwin Community Theatre and learn story theater, dance and music.

All University Web Content Must be Accessible by November

All University Web Content Must be Accessible by November

On Tuesday, Thompson will send an email to all University online content creators. The email will serve as a reminder to everyone that they share in the responsibility of making the Capstone accessible and inclusive.

Not the Usual Lecture Hall: Spain is the Art Students’ Classroom

Not the Usual Lecture Hall: Spain is the Art Students’ Classroom

This month, 20 students are traveling from Madrid to Barcelona touring the famous art collections, sculptures, museums, architecture and buildings of Spain as they’re taught its art style and history by department of art and art history faculty.

Historic Gorgas House Furniture Gets New Life

Historic Gorgas House Furniture Gets New Life

The Gorgas family didn’t move to Tuscaloosa with just their good name and character. They brought furniture, some of which has remained intact – with help – in the Gorgas House since the 1800s.

Gorgas Library on the Quad during a blue-skied day

Gorgas Library Begins 18-Month Renovation

Renovations to the historic Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, built in 1939, will begin May 6 and continue an estimated 18 months.

Goldie, a statue of a lying-down robot, adorns Woods Quad.

Campus Visitors Guide Top 10 Picture-Perfect Places

So what makes the campus so beautiful? So iconic? That’s a question with many answers as noted in the UA Campus Visitors Guide, which shares the top 10 places to strike a pose and capture a memory in photographs.

World-Renowned Statistics Professor Wins Burnum Award

World-Renowned Statistics Professor Wins Burnum Award

Chakraborti’s contributions to the field in his 35-year career have earned him many prestigious awards, recognitions and elite organization invitations, and now, it’s earned him one more: the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.