Colleges & Schools

From Lab to Locker Room: Engineering Confidence Through Assistive Technology 

From Lab to Locker Room: Engineering Confidence Through Assistive Technology 

Students used creativity and skills to develop a life-improving tool for a UA coach.

Carla Atkinson and three researchers sample water on the Ichawaynochaway Creek in SW Georgia.

What Lives Beneath: Atkinson’s Work Reveals Why Mussels Matter

Freshwater ecologist Dr. Carla Atkinson is one small piece of the system working to understand and preserve Alabama ecosystems.

Aubrey Davis

Experience That Inspires: Program Launches UA Student Into Real‑World Design

Winning included Davis going to New York Fashion Week and working with UA’s trademark and licensing office to produce her winning look.

A large group of people smile for a photo.

UA Students Lead River Pitch Winners

The highly anticipated annual competition awarded 12 first-place prizes worth $1,000. New this year, a $250 prize was awarded for second place.

Culverhouse Gift to Create Faculty Endowment in UA School of Leadership and Policy

Culverhouse Gift to Create Faculty Endowment in UA School of Leadership and Policy

This is the first gift to the School of Leadership and Policy and pushes Culverhouse’s gifts to the University over $20 million.

Photograph from the view of the steps of Gorgas Library looking out over the Quad full of groups of students sitting in the grass

UA Senior Receives Marshall Scholarship

Addison Miller is among 43 Americans selected to study in the United Kingdom through the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.

A small brown bird perched on a slender twig--a Savannah sparrow taken at Riverbend Turf birding spot

UA Community Invited to Participate in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Bird lovers in the UA community are welcome to join the Audubon Christmas bird count to contribute to citizen bird science.

Mina Tran, Udita Shiromani, Emma Kate Henry and Arianna Injeian

3-Minute Thesis Winners Include AI, Relationship Data

The competition encourages participants not to just simplify their research but to be able to communicate complex discoveries effectively.

The University Medical Center sign with holiday wreaths on both ends

University Medical Center Expands Neurology Care, Adds Services

UMC is expanding neurology care and related services with the addition of one of the state’s largest private neurology groups.

Go Fetch: Teaching an AI-Powered Robot Dog New Tricks

Go Fetch: Teaching an AI-Powered Robot Dog New Tricks

Meet the student-built robot dog inspiring the next generation of programmers and engineers.