Campus Impact

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.

A group of students holding signs that reveal the total of money raised over the past year.

UADM Raises More Than $303,000 for Children’s of Alabama

UADM raised $303,126 over the past year for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham.

Working outside

Students, Help UA by Taking the NSSE

From March 1 to May 15, all UA first-year senior-level students are asked to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

Two engineering researchers examine materials at a table in a lab.

National Survey is Chance for Students to Help UA

Seniors and first-year students can help shape the future of the Capstone by participating in the National Survey of Student Engagement.

A photo of UA President Dr. Stuart Bell and members of the Parker and Haun families.

New Tennis Facility to Boost UA’s Acclaimed Adapted Athletics Program

Thanks to the generosity of two Tuscaloosa families, along with several other donors, the University will soon benefit from a new facility.