Campus & Community

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Heat’s On! Tuscaloosa Has Historically Been a Hot City

Is T-Town’s high heat a trait that’s only been a part of the Tuscaloosa experience in recent memory, or has it always been this way? Dr. David Keellings, an assistant professor of geography, said the answer is both yes and no.

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Transportation Town Halls: Service Enhancements for 2019-20

Transportation Services will host its annual on-campus town hall meetings next week to present changes for the upcoming 2019-20 school year.

Distance Students Provide Nutrition Plans for ‘Silent Injury’ Survivors

Distance Students Provide Nutrition Plans for ‘Silent Injury’ Survivors

The University of Alabama recently partnered with the Alabama Head Injury Foundation to conduct the Bright Ideas TBI Camp at the Capstone for 10 traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers.

Dr. Sharlene Newman

Cognitive Neuroscientist to Lead the Alabama Life Research Institute

After a national search, Dr. Sharlene Newman will lead the Alabama Life Research Institute as executive director, charged with providing a coherent vision for collaborative life research that embraces the full range of disciplines represented on campus while strengthening UA’s research portfolio and profile

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LGBTQIA+ Ambassadors Program Offers Free Training

The Safe Zone Resource Center is providing free training for faculty, staff and graduate students who want to support the campus’s LGBTQIA+ population by becoming Ally Training Ambassadors.

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UA’s ‘Legends’ Named Top Ad Campaign in International Competition

The University of Alabama won three honors in the 2019 Circle of Excellence awards sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, including the top honor worldwide for advertising campaigns in higher education.

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‘Come Inside and Meet All of My Friends’

Alex Zimmerman eagerly watched McKade “come out of his shell” while rehearsing for The University of Alabama-led SENSE Theatre, a novel ASD intervention.

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Camp Memories and Mentors

Sarah Maynard and Mary McClendon’s relationship is as much of a mentorship as it is a friendship, one that began unexpectedly when they met three years ago at The University of Alabama.

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National Mascot Day: Cheering on Big Al

  The mascot cheers on everyone, but who cheers on the mascot?  June 17 is National Mascot Day, and this video for the best mascot ever will get you hyped (as if we need a special day to celebrate Big Al). Want more? Dig into our news archives for Six Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About

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Need to Pick Up Your Package at Midnight? No Problem.

A new mail system being implemented on campus this fall will bring increased efficiency and an enhanced user experience, including a 24/7 package retrieval system.