Colleges & Schools

Three students in a lab wearing face masks.

New Financial Literacy Website Helps Students with Their Finances

The University of Alabama’s Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, which is within the Division of Student Life, has launched a financial literacy website to help students better understand their finances and plan their financial future.

A woman in work-out clothes stands still while a tablet computer captures an image of her, shown on screen.

UA-Developed App Tells Body Composition With Single Photo

Technology developed through research at The University of Alabama is available in major mobile app stores, ready to revolutionize how people track their health and fitness progress.

A blue-gloved hand works on a lab bench inserting materials in a beaker.

Four Professors Receive Early Career Research Awards

Over the summer, four professors at The University of Alabama received national recognition early in their careers for innovative research that will increase understanding of our world while boosting UA’s educational mission.

Tide United. Let Kindness Be Your Story

UA United Way Campaign Launches Thursday

This year’s host college, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, will use the WVUA studio to share the 2020 UA United Way Campaign Kickoff via the College’s Facebook page Thursday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m.

Doug Klutz, instructor of criminal justice and criminology, teaching

UA Criminal Justice Professor Ranked No. 1 in U.S.

University of Alabama criminology and criminal justice instructor Douglas Klutz has been named the No. 1 college professor in the United States once again.

A muddy creek under a blue sky with tall trees on its banks.

UA Researchers Part of National Project to Study Intermittent Streams

Biologists at The University of Alabama are part of a national research project that addresses water quality at the critical connection between streams that flow continuously and those with intermittent flow.

University Medical Center stands framed by tree branches.

Brewer-Porch Children’s Center Transitioning Colleges at UA

Operation of The University of Alabama Brewer-Porch Children’s Center will transition from the University’s College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Community Health Sciences on Oct. 1. Brewer-Porch provides behavioral health care and educational services for children, adolescents and their families, both locally and from across Alabama. The center also serves as a

University Medical Center stands framed by tree branches.

Brewer-Porch Children’s Center Transitioning Colleges at UA

Operation of The University of Alabama Brewer-Porch Children’s Center will transition from the University’s College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Community Health Sciences on Oct. 1.

Portrait of a man wearing a suit.

UA Law Professor Publishes Proposal to Reduce Firearm Suicides

A new medical journal article written by Fredrick Vars, the Ira Drayton Pruitt, Sr. Professor of Law, suggests doctors and mental health professionals could use voluntary do-not-sell lists for firearms as a new tool in their suicide prevention toolkit.

A mom and her freshman son in front of Riverside East.

Thriving at UA Despite Pandemic

Freshman AJ Smith had reservations about moving across country and starting college in the middle of a pandemic, but he’s thriving at UA.