J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences

UA to Hold Commencement Exercises May 5-7

UA to Hold Commencement Exercises May 5-7

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises May 5-7 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

Five UA Students Receive Boren Scholarships for Language Study

Five UA Students Receive Boren Scholarships for Language Study

Five University of Alabama students have received Boren Scholarships for the study of languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepreented in study abroad.

VTU Researcher to Discuss Prevalence of Anxiety in People with ASD

A researcher who studies the prevalence of anxiety in people with autism spectrum disorder will share details of her work during a lecture Friday, April 28, at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Electric Vehicle Focus Part of National Transportation Collaboration

UA’s Electric Vehicle Focus Part of National Transportation Collaboration

The University of Alabama is one of four universities selected by the National Science Foundation to team together with government agencies and private companies to tackle challenges facing technological advances in automobiles.

A Prominent UA Alumni Couple Contributes the Largest Arts and Sciences Endowment in More Than Two Decades

A Prominent UA Alumni Couple Contributes the Largest Arts and Sciences Endowment in More Than Two Decades

Two prominent University of Alabama alumni, Dr. E. Gaylon and Mrs. Susan N. McCollough, have gifted the College of Arts and Sciences with its largest academic endowment in more than two decades – for the purpose of creating two unprecedented initiatives: The Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars and the Susan N. McCollough Art Biennale.

UA’s Huxford, Tuscaloosa Orchestras Join for First Time

UA’s Huxford, Tuscaloosa Orchestras Join for First Time

For the first time, The University of Alabama’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra and the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra will come together to perform a joint concert.

Students Curate Exhibit about Identity at Paul R. Jones Gallery

Students Curate Exhibit about Identity at Paul R. Jones Gallery

Ten University of Alabama students studying African American and women’s studies have curated an exhibit about identity at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA Grad Students Win Research Travel Awards at Symposium

UA Grad Students Win Research Travel Awards at Symposium

Five graduate students representing three colleges at The University of Alabama were honored recently for the top research papers and posters at the Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium.

UA Students, Area High-Schoolers Create “TNR” Week

Psychology students at The University of Alabama and students at Tuscaloosa County High School have partnered to establish “Trap-Neuter/Spay-Release Week” in Tuscaloosa and Northport.

UA Symposium Explores whether True Romance Possible between Whites, Subordinate Blacks in 18th, 19th Centuries

UA Symposium Explores whether True Romance Possible between Whites, Subordinate Blacks in 18th, 19th Centuries

Thomas Jefferson’s controversial relationship with Sally Hemings, and the paradox in his thinking that the relationship illustrates, raises the question: Could true love really exist between a white person in authority and a black subordinate?