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UA Rewards Early College Students With New Freshmen Scholarships

UA Rewards Early College Students With New Freshmen Scholarships

Alabama high school students taking college courses through UA Early College can benefit from new freshman scholarships.

UA’s Million Dollar Band to Perform in 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026

UA’s Million Dollar Band to Perform in 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026

The Million Dollar Band has been selected to represent Alabama on one of the nation’s largest stages during the iconic spectacle’s 100th march.

Dr. Rohan Sood points to a wall mounted monitor showing a diagram of a space orbit.

From Campus to Cosmos: Space Research and Education at UA

In honor of World Space Week, here are some highlights of space-focused research and student opportunities at The University of Alabama.

The Saban crab fossil

Meet the Saban Crab: UA Scientists Discover Ancient Species in Alabama

A new UA study of 65-million-year-old crab and shrimp fossils from central Alabama yielded multiple species and genera new to science.

An exhibitor sewing material at a previous festival

Moundville Native American Festival Celebrates ‘Year of the Hawk’

Moundville Archaeological Park will celebrate the cultures and histories of Native Americans at this annual festival. 

Front door of the English Building at the University of Alabama

Shakespeare Association of America has a New Home at UA

A UA professor was named executive director of the nation’s most prominent organization for the study of Shakespeare’s work and culture.

UA students in long pants and work gloves dig and brush away dirt at the archaeological field school on the University of Alabama campus.

Digging Deep: UA Students Unearth Campus History

Students are excavating a section of a pre-Civil War dormitory as part of an archaeological field school on The University of Alabama campus.

Aidan Meyers in the Caldwell Lab wearing a lab coat and holding a pipette with purple fluid.

UA Senior Studies Parkinson’s in Worms with National Fellowship

Aidan Meyers, a senior at the University of Alabama, studied worms this summer to uncover the function of genes associated with Parkinson’s disease.

The group of Rural Medical Scholars, Rural Dental Scholars and Rural Community Health Scholars

Future Rural Medicine Physicians, Dentists Begin Education at UA

CCHS recently welcomed 11 students to the Rural Medical Scholars Program and the Rural Dental Scholars Program

A sign in front of an academic building.

UA Real Estate Program Named for Birmingham-Area Developer 

The Rance M. Sanders Real Estate Program includes an all-new undergraduate major and an existing minor.