Community Outreach

The top of Denny Chimes seen through trees.

UA Program Helps Small Businesses During Pandemic

A program based at The University of Alabama helped thousands of small businesses successfully access federal disaster funds.

A female social worker and an elderly woman use a tablet device to communicate with one another.

UA Researcher’s Tech-Focused Dementia Care Projects Funded

A University of Alabama social work researcher’s work in advancing technology to improve dementia care receives boost from NIA, NSF.

Summer sunset on the quad with Denny Chimes

UA Program Helps Small Businesses with Challenges in Pandemic

Over the last five months, a program based at The University of Alabama helped thousands of small businesses in the state successfully tap into federal disaster funds to preserve jobs and stay open.

Two females with masks sit on the campus lawn.

Getting Connected in a Pandemic

Things may look a little different this semester, but there are still countless ways for students to get connected.

An online OLLI class on a computer screen.

UA Collaborates to Celebrate OLLI Day Alabama Aug. 20

UA is joining the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Auburn University in celebrating OLLI Day Alabama Aug. 20.

UA to Help Bring Computer Sciences to Alabama High Schools

UA to Help Bring Computer Sciences to Alabama High Schools

A collaborative project between The University of Alabama and several statewide partners was awarded a nearly $4 million grant to bring computer science education to Alabama K-12 schools.

Still Tide Together Archive project

Documenting Life During Coronavirus for Future Generations

The University of Alabama Libraries is seeking community input to document for future generations how people lived during the time of a global coronavirus pandemic.

Tuscaloosa Community Business Plan Competition Goes Virtual

Tuscaloosa Community Business Plan Competition Goes Virtual

The University of Alabama will host the 2020 Tuscaloosa Innovates Business Plan Competition that will distribute $25,000 and in-kind support to the top ideas, pitched in front of a panel of area business leaders.

Abigail Gunter passing out bags of free breakfast and lunch to Tuscaloosa City School students

Pandemic Doesn’t Stop UA Student From Still Serving Tuscaloosa

And now with the virus being widespread, how she’s volunteering has changed, but her heart to help has not.

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UA Students Help Youth on Path to GED Diploma

Two UA students created a student-run community program that tutors youth coming out of the juvenile justice system.