UA Launches Child Intervention Pilot for Traumatized Youth
UA researchers are working with social service providers to implement an intervention intended to help manage problem behaviors in children who’ve experienced trauma.
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‘Separate and Equal’ to Preview in Tuscaloosa Before NYC Premiere
Before its big New York City premiere and month-long run at the award-winning 59E59 Theaters Sept. 5, West Alabama residents will get to preview The University of Alabama-created play, “Separate and Equal,” at the Marian Gallaway Theatre Aug. 28-31 at 7 p.m.
UA’s Honors College Empowers Community through Action Programs
The University of Alabama’s Honors College continues as a transformative force in West Alabama through its Alabama Action, Outdoor Action and Black Belt Action and Health Action programs.
BAMA-Care to Create Nurse Practitioner Pipeline to Rural Communities
A new program in the Capstone College of Nursing will strive to combat Alabama’s number one health concern, access to care, by training primary care nurse practitioners to work in rural and underserved areas across the state.
Summer Commencement 2018 Gallery
All the sights from UA’s summer commencement ceremony Aug. 4 are captured here.
New SEC Program to Match Entrepreneurs, University Startups
The University of Alabama, along with the rest of the Southeastern Conference, is launching the Southeast Executives-on-Roster to broaden access to experienced entrepreneurial talent and to match that talent to university-affiliated startups in need of executive management.
Are Pre-K Children in Tuscaloosa School-Ready?
A University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences study of 393 pre-kindergarten children in the Tuscaloosa City School System indicate that more than 80 percent are ready for kindergarten.
Doctoral Graduate ‘Eliminates Barriers’ through Crimson Career Closet
To ease the financial burden on students, Adora Hicks, who will receive her doctoral degree Saturday, expanded a UA service to allow students to borrow up to four items of professional attire for up to a week at a time, free of charge.
Two UA Students Receive U.S. Department of Defense Scholarship
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded two University of Alabama mechanical engineering students a scholarship that covers their full tuition and secures them a job after graduation.
UA Researchers Examining Parkinson’s Resilience
Research underway at The University of Alabama, supported by the National Institutes of Health, hopes to identify factors and methods through which individuals are either resilient or susceptible to the neurodegeneration in the brain as part of Parkinson’s disease.