Colleges & Schools

With a Baby and Full-Time Job, Nursing Student Still Graduates with 4.0

With a Baby and Full-Time Job, Nursing Student Still Graduates with 4.0

When Gadsden native Kiari Kinnie walks across UA’s commencement stage in May to receive her bachelor’s degree in nursing, she’ll leave behind four of the most challenging and transformative years of her life.

Program Seeks to Improve Access to Cahaba River

Program Seeks to Improve Access to Cahaba River

Canoeists, kayakers, outdoor enthusiasts and others who take advantage of Alabama’s bounty of beautiful rivers and waterways will find their access to Alabama’s longest free-flowing and most biologically diverse river will soon improve thanks to a collaborative effort.

Research Shows Cocaine Trafficking Adapts to Law Enforcement Efforts

Research Shows Cocaine Trafficking Adapts to Law Enforcement Efforts

The success of illegal drug trafficking through wider and wider swaths of Central America is a consequence of law enforcement activity to curtail it, according to new research led by The University of Alabama.

UA Engineering Seniors Build Interactive Cube for RISE

UA Engineering Seniors Build Interactive Cube for RISE

The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and a group of engineering senior design students partnered with the RISE Center, a school for infants and preschoolers with and without special needs on UA’s campus, to provide the children with a sensory cube to assist with in-class therapy.

UA Leading Transportation Project to Improve West Alabama Traffic

UA Leading Transportation Project to Improve West Alabama Traffic

In a partnership with federal, state and local agencies, The University of Alabama is leading a more than $16 million project to transform traffic operations in West Alabama and provide leading-edge research to address societal transportation needs.

From left to right: Marco Nelson of RentCheck, Jessica Hastings, Sudarsan Murali, Dalton Kerby, Landon Robertson, Spencer Adams, and Laci Williams celebrate their first place victory.

Manderson Team Finishes First at IDEAcorps Case Competition

The Case Team offered a winning recommendation to RentCheck, a startup based in New Orleans.

Professor Selected as UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner

Professor Selected as UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner

Officials of the Southeastern Conference announced that Dr. Ramana Reddy, ACIPCO Endowed Professor in Metallurgy, is the 2019 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner for The University of Alabama.

A Step Forward

A Step Forward

Engineering researchers at The University of Alabama are working to improve powered-prosthetics by linking them with sensors in hopes of creating a prosthetic that seamlessly works with the rest of the body to become a partner in movement without the need for manual tuning.

Hester Named Environmental Educator of the Year

Hester Named Environmental Educator of the Year

Todd Hester, museum naturalist with University of Alabama Museums, was recently named the Environmental Educator of the Year by the Environmental Educators Association of Alabama.

HNBA Moot Court Competition team

Law Students Win Hispanic National Bar Association Competition

A University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law moot court team recently won a national competition in Albuquerque, New Mexico, beating more than 30 teams and earning UA its first championship in the competition’s history.