Community Outreach

A truck that adapts into a mobile hearing clinic parked.

Listen Up — Bama Blitz Backs Hear Here Alabama Mobile Clinic

The College of Arts and Sciences is asking the public to help expand the Hear Here Alabama mobile audiology clinic’s mission and reach as part of Bama Blitz, UA’s online fundraising event for alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends.

UA Hosts Series of Events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

UA Hosts Series of Events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and The University of Alabama’s Women and Gender Resource Center is hosting events that provide the UA campus community with information on how to be an advocate against sexual violence.

Preparing New Teachers for Ever-Evolving Classrooms

Preparing New Teachers for Ever-Evolving Classrooms

As early as freshman year, College of Education students begin working in local classrooms, learning to anticipate future challenges and maximize success with their own students.

Student Donations Needed to Help National Disaster Relief Efforts

Student Donations Needed to Help National Disaster Relief Efforts

Through April 19, a new student organization, “Disaster Relief Team!,” will be collecting donations to help the victims of natural disasters across the United States.

Program Seeks to Improve Access to Cahaba River

Program Seeks to Improve Access to Cahaba River

Canoeists, kayakers, outdoor enthusiasts and others who take advantage of Alabama’s bounty of beautiful rivers and waterways will find their access to Alabama’s longest free-flowing and most biologically diverse river will soon improve thanks to a collaborative effort.

UA Engineering Seniors Build Interactive Cube for RISE

UA Engineering Seniors Build Interactive Cube for RISE

The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and a group of engineering senior design students partnered with the RISE Center, a school for infants and preschoolers with and without special needs on UA’s campus, to provide the children with a sensory cube to assist with in-class therapy.

NSF Grant, UA to Provide Boost to Tuscaloosa-Area Math Educators

NSF Grant, UA to Provide Boost to Tuscaloosa-Area Math Educators

The National Science Foundation has awarded The University of Alabama a $2.85 million grant to strengthen content knowledge, teaching practice and leadership among math teachers in the greater Tuscaloosa area.

UA Program Gives New Books to Black Belt School Libraries

UA Program Gives New Books to Black Belt School Libraries

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies is awarding $20,822 in new, free books to elementary, middle and high school libraries during March via the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt & Beyond Program.

NIH to Fund UA Study of Student Aggression, Teacher Biases

NIH to Fund UA Study of Student Aggression, Teacher Biases

The National Institutes of Health has awarded The University of Alabama a $2.4 million grant to create interventions to lower aggression in middle-school students and lessen disproportionalities in school discipline.

Education Researcher Launches College Teaching Resources Website

Education Researcher Launches College Teaching Resources Website

Dr. Claire H. Major, professor of higher education administration at UA, hopes the launch of a recent service project will help fill a void in teaching practice by providing quick and easy web access to emerging, evidence-based teaching and learning methods.