Two UA students develop iTour Bama, an innovative new way to tour The University of Alabama campus
Thanks to two talented and enterprising UA students, prospective students now have a new way of touring the UA campus: the iPod.
Campus & Community
A few changes are in store for for Alabama Football Gameday in 2007
A new football season brings changes in parking, tailgating and transportation in and around the UA campus.
UA/Shelton State Bridge Program Offers Students Alternative Route to UA Degree
Under a pilot program known as The University of Alabama/Shelton State Bridge program, a select group of students who came close to meeting UA’s admission standards will have the opportunity to enter UA after attending Shelton State for one year and meeting certain requirements.
UA Museum Expedition to Excavate Apparent Site of Former Slave Quarters at Tannehill
Slave labor helped power a near half-century of pre Civil War iron making at Tannehill. Now, in an effort to learn more about these men, women and children who helped build and operate the iron works, a team of explorers will excavate what’s believed to be the former site of 15 of their homes during an archaeology camp hosted by The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History.
UA Honors Students Take Part in Black Belt Action
Honors program students participate in Black Belt Action service learning activities at Livingston Junior High School, providing students with the opportunity to create greater pride in their community.
Grandmother’s Fight Against Cancer Inspires UA’s Truman Scholar
Adam Harbison’s grandmother is a cancer survivor, and her battle has been one of the more dominant influences in his life. He first participated in the Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society when he was 10 to raise money to fight cancer, and he notes his chairmanship on the National Leadership Team for the American Cancer Society’s Colleges Against Cancer as one of his most significant accomplishments. He can now add another accomplishment.
Double-Major a UA Degree Candidate at 20
Twenty-four months after receiving his high school diploma, Christopher Culbert is poised to pick up another sheepskin, this one of the college variety, having completed requirements to earn his bachelor’s degree, while double-majoring in math and physics at The University of Alabama.
UA Engineers Without Borders Restores Black Belt Baseball Field in Hale County
Engineers Without Borders is partnering with the Black Belt Action Commission, an organization aimed at improving the quality of life in Alabama’s Black Belt region, to restore Curtis Smith Field, a run-down baseball field in Greensboro.
UA Extends Heartfelt Sympathy to Virginia Tech
On Tuesday, April 17, the UA family paused as Denny Chimes played the Virginia Tech Homecoming Song. We invite you to watch the video, and join us as we honor those Virginia Tech students and faculty who were killed or injured.
Preview the Documenting Justice Film Screening
The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at The University of Alabama will host the first Documenting Justice Film Screening on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.