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UA’s CW, Vida Win Student Pacemaker Awards

UA’s CW, Vida Win Student Pacemaker Awards

Two University of Alabama publications have won Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards for 2019.

Crimson White, Vida Win Student Pacemaker Awards

Crimson White, Vida Win Student Pacemaker Awards

Two UA publications have won Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards for 2019.

Dr. Paul Houghtaling points during the introduction of an opera.

UA Honors Opera Director with Blackmon-Moody Award

Dr. Paul Houghtaling, coordinator of voice and director of opera at The University of Alabama, received the 2019 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award.

Two communications students who received honors

Two Named to AAF Most Promising Multicultural Students Class of 2020

Erica Howie and Gabbie Waller, both senior advertising majors, joined 48 other students around the country in the 2020 class.

Two female paramedics escort a patient on a stretcher out of a home

Social Work Receives $3.2M Grant to Address State’s Opioid Overdoses

The University of Alabama School of Social Work and the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s efforts to stem opioid use and rates of overdose deaths in Alabama have a new focus: first responders.

Row of American flags wave in the wind.

Women, WWII Vets Overrepresented in Newspaper Photos

Women veterans and veterans of World War II appear more often in newspaper photos than their make-up of the country’s veterans, according to a study by researchers at The University of Alabama.

A close-up of a UA doctoral student wearing glasses with the ingestion monitor attached.

Want to Shed a Few Pounds? Researchers Test New Technology to Help

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a consortium of university researchers, led by The University of Alabama, a $2.5 million grant to further evaluate a wearable device designed to change eating behaviors.

UA President Stuart R. Bell speaking at a commencement ceremony.

UA to Hold 2019 Fall Commencement Exercises Dec. 14

The University of Alabama will hold its fall commencement exercises Saturday, Dec. 14, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

Craig Wedderspoon in the foundry

Wedderspoon Thrives When the Heat Turns Up

For Craig Wedderspoon, professor of sculpture at UA, the foundry is a second home where he not only molds countless masterpieces, but influences future generations of artists by helping them hone their craft.

graduation cap

Have Leftover Scholarship Semesters? Roll Them Over.

Beginning January 2020, undergraduate merit scholarship recipients transitioning to full-time status in The University of Alabama Graduate School or School of Law can apply unused semesters of their merit scholarship toward their advanced degrees.