Campus & Community

A bunch of graduates in a line at commencement

Spring 2019 Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 5,972 degrees during spring commencement May 3-5. With a beautiful campus, dozens of challenging academic programs, expert and world-renowned faculty and numerous opportunities for service and growth, The University of Alabama is a place where legends are made. UA offers its students a premier educational,

Autherine Lucy Foster to Receive Honorary UA Doctorate Friday

Autherine Lucy Foster to Receive Honorary UA Doctorate Friday

The University of Alabama will honor its first civil rights trailblazer Friday, bestowing an honorary doctoral degree upon Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American to enroll and attend the University.

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.

UA College of Engineering to Host Robotic Mining Challenge

UA College of Engineering to Host Robotic Mining Challenge

The five-time NASA Robotic Mining Competition champions from The University of Alabama will take over hosting duties this year.

Bowen: ‘No Closed Doors’ at CrossingPoints

Bowen: ‘No Closed Doors’ at CrossingPoints

On this day, in a small gymnasium in the Tom Barnes Education Building at UA, Jessica Bowen is teaching color guard routines to a room of beginners. The positions and turns aren’t perfect, but that’s OK; the activity has underlying goals of teamwork, focus and fun.

UA to Hold 2019 Spring Commencement Exercises May 3-5

UA to Hold 2019 Spring Commencement Exercises May 3-5

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises beginning Friday, May 3, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

A gallery of University students who received Goldwater scholarships.

3 UA Students Land Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected three University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2019-2020.

Photo of Susan Bell speaking to group.

UA Celebrates Arbor Day, Transplants Mature Trees

The University of Alabama Landscape and Grounds Advisory Board observed Arbor Day on campus April 22 by celebrating the successful relocation of four trees.

Remembering April 27: Eight Images for Eight Years

We Will Always Remember. We Will Continue to Grow.  

Halbesleben Named Dean of UA’s Continuing Studies

Halbesleben Named Dean of UA’s Continuing Studies

A University Alabama scholar and administrator with expertise in employee well-being and human resource management has been named dean of UA’s College of Continuing Studies.