Campus Impact

Pamela Payne-Foster standing in her office

Payne-Foster Driven to Improve Women’s Health Through Advocacy

Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster was recently honored with the 2020 Linda Mays Volunteer of the Year Award.

Students eating at Lakeside Dining Hall

Eatin’ Good at UA: The Best Food on Campus

The University of Alabama offers a variety of food options for students on campus, but what are the hot eats in the yard?

Students set on blankets on the Quad.

3 Ways to Make the Most of the Long Weekend Ahead

While there are plenty of ways to have fun in three days, here are three ways students can make the most of the long weekend ahead.

UA Students Serve the Community through Hands On Tuscaloosa

UA Students Serve the Community through Hands On Tuscaloosa

This past weekend, 150 UA students volunteered more than 470 hours during Hands on Tuscaloosa.

Three students sitting in Adirondack chairs around a lit fire pit on the Quad

Hey, Where Did These Nice Chairs Come From?

The addition of some strategically placed outdoor décor is providing the UA community a place to relax, socialize or study.

Wheelchair basketball players

UA to Host Wheelchair Basketball National Championships

UA’s men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams will host the Collegiate Wheelchair Basketball National Championships March 12 and 13.

A woman and child carry a shopping basket through a grocery store.

Social Work Students Work to End Child Hunger

UA social work students are working on a new online database that connects Alabama families in crisis with food resources in their communities.

The interior of the student health center waiting room with chairs and coffee tables.

Student Health Care Streamlines, Expands with SHC, UMC Merger

The full transition is expected to be complete by the Fall 2021 Semester.

The Junior Naturalist Camp poster showing a butterfly on a flower.

UA Museum Offers Virtual Spring Break Camp for K-12 Students

UA’s Museum of Natural History will conduct the Junior Naturalist Camp virtually over the upcoming spring break holiday, March 15-19.

Cassini Periodical cicada

A Historic Swarm is Coming

One of the largest broods of periodical cicadas to emerge in U.S. history, Brood X, as it’s been named, will arise from the ground after 17 years.