TICKS 101: How to Avoid, Identify and Respond to Ticks this Summer

TICKS 101: How to Avoid, Identify and Respond to Ticks this Summer

It’s time for ticks, the long lost cousins of spiders and scorpions and the brothers of mites, to have their season, and Dr. John Abbott, director of museum research and collections at The University of Alabama Museums, has the low-down on how to avoid them.

APR’s ‘Bookmark’ Host Named Winner of Governor’s Arts Award

APR’s ‘Bookmark’ Host Named Winner of Governor’s Arts Award

Dr. Don Noble, a native of New York, has spent nearly 30 years promoting Alabama writers on public radio and TV. But now, it’s the retired University of Alabama English professor’s time to be honored.

Two longtime Employees Win 2017 Library Leadership Faculty and Staff Awards

Two longtime Employees Win 2017 Library Leadership Faculty and Staff Awards

University of Alabama Libraries has named Mary S. Alexander and Brock Tyra as the recipients of the 2017 Library Leadership Faculty and Staff Awards.

Alexander and Tyra were each given $2,000, presented with a framed certificate at the Library Leadership Board luncheon in April and had their names added to the Library Leadership plaque displayed in Gorgas Library.

UA Student Wins Internship at “Premier” Art Museum in New York

UA Student Wins Internship at “Premier” Art Museum in New York

University of Alabama rising senior Sommer Hallquist has been selected for a highly competitive summer internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters in New York City.

The Cloisters is a museum specializing in medieval architecture and is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From Paratrooper to UA Graduate, Brackbill ‘Bleeds Crimson’

From Paratrooper to UA Graduate, Brackbill ‘Bleeds Crimson’

A retired 39-year-old jumpmaster faces another first. But this time, the military veteran is not jumping from an airplane. Instead, he’s crossing the stage at The University of Alabama’s Coleman Coliseum as a member of the 2017 graduating class.

University Libraries Hosts Letters about Literature Award Ceremony

University Libraries Hosts Letters about Literature Award Ceremony

The Alabama Center for the Book will honor state winners of the 24th Annual Letters About Literature contest at an award ceremony Saturday, April 29, at 11 a.m. at The University of Alabama’s Gorgas Library, room 205.

UA’s Huxford, Tuscaloosa Orchestras Join for First Time

UA’s Huxford, Tuscaloosa Orchestras Join for First Time

For the first time, The University of Alabama’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra and the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra will come together to perform a joint concert.

UA Symposium Explores whether True Romance Possible between Whites, Subordinate Blacks in 18th, 19th Centuries

UA Symposium Explores whether True Romance Possible between Whites, Subordinate Blacks in 18th, 19th Centuries

Thomas Jefferson’s controversial relationship with Sally Hemings, and the paradox in his thinking that the relationship illustrates, raises the question: Could true love really exist between a white person in authority and a black subordinate?

UA’s Theatre, Dance Closes Season with ‘A Chorus Line’

UA’s Theatre, Dance Closes Season with ‘A Chorus Line’

The University of Alabama’s theatre and dance department will soon perform that beloved musical, “A Chorus Line,” at the Marian Gallaway Theatre.

UA Marks 100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry Into World War I

UA Marks 100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry Into World War I

April 6, 2017, marked the 100th anniversary of the U.S.’s entry into the Great War. To mark the anniversary, The University of Alabama’s history department, the U.S. Army Crimson Tide ROTC Battalion and the U.S. Air Force Detachment 010 will hold an event, “Remembering the Great War,” at 4 p.m. Friday, April 14, in room 205 of Gorgas Library.