Culture & Community

Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to Induct 7 in 2020

Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to Induct 7 in 2020

Seven distinguished authors will be inducted into the 2020 Alabama Writers Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama’s Bryant Conference Center March 9, 2020.

Environmental Justice Experts to Speak at Oct. 16 Event

Environmental Justice Experts to Speak at Oct. 16 Event

A panel discussion, Environmental Justice: Research, Conversation and Networking Across Disciplines, will be held Oct. 16 at the Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus.

Watkins: Growth of New RISE Student ‘Amazing’

Watkins: Growth of New RISE Student ‘Amazing’

Emotional expressions that are common between toddlers in daycare settings are significant milestones for Jaden Walker, a 2-year-old student at the RISE Center at The University of Alabama.

Matthew Meadows performs on a stage on the French horn with a pianist.

Falling in Love with a Sound

Matthew Meadows, a UA first-year graduate student, won second prize in the university division of the International Horn Competition of America in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Members of the University of Alabama and Auburn University talk around a table

UA Launches Education Research Collaborative with Auburn

The University of Alabama College of Education has forged an innovative research collaborative with Auburn University to address social justice issues in education in Alabama.

Suicide Awareness Week sign in front of a rainbow and Denny Chimes

Suicide: There’s Help. Become Aware, Prevent.

The University of Alabama Counseling Center’s Tide Against Suicide initiative is sponsoring Suicide Awareness Week Oct. 7-13.

LGBTQIA poster art

LGBTQIA+ History Month Celebrates Diversity

Lectures on identity highlight October’s LBGTQIΔ+ History Month on campus.

A stack of canned food symbolizes Beat Auburn Beat Hunger.

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Launches 2019 Food Drive

The annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive kicks off Tuesday, Oct. 1, at The University of Alabama.

A performer hoop dancing.

Moundville Festival Celebrates Native American Cultures

UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park will host the 31st annual Moundville Native American Festival Oct. 9-12.

Newly molted adult cicada emerging from its nymph shell

The Long Drone is Over, Cicada Season Ends in Alabama

Go outside and just listen. Frogs may be croaking, and birds may be singing, but the loud, incessant droning of cicadas that grate on psyches like nails on a chalkboard is fading.