J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences

The Not-So-Spooky, Yet Still Sort-of-Spooky, History of Halloween

The Not-So-Spooky, Yet Still Sort-of-Spooky, History of Halloween

Warty-nosed witches, ghouls, goblins, Transformers, princesses and clowns stalking neighborhood streets upon nightfall for the sweet taste of candy wasn’t always what Halloween was about.

Cuban News Anchor to Present Lecture at UA

Cuban news anchor Cristina Escobar will visit The University of Alabama on Wednesday, Nov. 2, to talk about the current climate of Cuban journalism and how it is evolving with the developing relationship between the United States and Cuba.

UA Study Finds Unexplainable Activity in Distant Stars

UA Study Finds Unexplainable Activity in Distant Stars

Space energy anomalies more than 50 million light years from our galaxy are creating conditions that should be destroying stars, but instead are regenerating them, according to an astronomer at The University of Alabama.

The homepage of the new online database “‘To See Justice Done’: Letters from the Scottsboro Trials.”

UA Launches Website for Studying Scottsboro Trials

The Alabama Digital Humanities Center is launching a new online database called “‘To See Justice Done’: Letters from the Scottsboro Trials,” at noon Monday, Oct. 24, in room 109a of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.

Exploring Possible Link between Pythons, Diabetes in Humans

Exploring Possible Link between Pythons, Diabetes in Humans

Humans couldn’t be further away from snakes in the evolutionary chain, but snakes’ ability to grow and restructure particular organs could impact future treatments for diabetes and other diseases in humans, according to a biology professor at The University of Alabama.

A Look at the Traditions of The University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band

Former UA Faculty, Graduates Reflect on Roles as Civil Rights Trailblazers

Former UA Faculty, Graduates Reflect on Roles as Civil Rights Trailblazers

Carl Clark was a high school chemistry teacher in Chicago when Dr. Howard Miller, a psychology professor at The University of Alabama, recruited him to pursue graduate school at UA.

UA Criminal Justice to Host Incarceration Discussion

Students and community members will have the chance to learn how incarceration in the U.S. is changing and what law enforcement agencies are doing to modernize, adapt, and respond to the issues facing offenders in jails and prisons during a community panel Wedneday, Oct. 19, at The University of Alabama.

UA Museums to Host Annual Ghost Tour

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s a fitting time to discover some of the more eerie aspects of The University of Alabama’s history.

Wheel Lets UA Researchers Measure Fruit-Fly Exercise

Wheel Lets UA Researchers Measure Fruit-Fly Exercise

Gentle exercise on a wheel can have beneficial effects – on fruit flies. That finding may be good news for humans, too. A new study led by The University of Alabama suggests that a device called the TreadWheel can be used to study the benefits of exercise on Drosophila — fruit flies.