Culture & Community

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Registration Open for LIFT Job Skills Training Program

Veterans and other adults, as well as teens, are encouraged to register for free job skills and financial literacy training via UA’s business school.

University police officers standing in front of the UA Police Center with patrol cars, bicycles and a police dog.

UAPD to Host Community Day

In order to help the community better understand how The University of Alabama Police Department operates, UAPD is hosting Community Day Friday, Aug. 30, at the University Police Center, 1110 Jackson Ave.

The exterior of Gorgas Library

Gorgas Library Open for Business; Renovations Ongoing

Though Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library is only four months into its estimated 18-month renovation, it is open and ready for students to use its abundant wealth of resources.

Attendees sit at tables during t the 2018 Culverhouse Business Analytics Symposium.

Business Analytics Symposium Offers a Day for Data

Data scientists and business analytics-oriented executives will converge at the Culverhouse Business Analytics Symposium for a day of discussion about how their respective companies and institutions incorporate big data research and analysis practices

Bicentennial Bookshelf Promotes Alabama History, Authors in Black Belt

Bicentennial Bookshelf Promotes Alabama History, Authors in Black Belt

Two University of Alabama groups are partnering with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System to provide books promoting Alabama’s literary history to schools in the Black Belt as part of the state’s bicentennial celebration.

Free Tickets to Music Festival Available to UA Students

Free Tickets to Music Festival Available to UA Students

Students who love a free party will have a chance to see Outkast’s Big Boi and Blackberry Smoke at Tuscaloosa’s Druid City Music Fest Saturday, Aug. 24 in downtown Tuscaloosa.

A female college student holds a T-shirt related to her non-profit organization

UA Senior: Military Vets Will Get the Help They Deserve

Kristen Jones, who will graduate from UA in August with degrees in psychology and history, has worked to establish Restoring Freedom, a nonprofit organization that provides counseling services to military veterans and their families.

University students prepare for the start of commencement

UA to Hold 2019 Summer Commencement Exercise Aug. 3

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Saturday, Aug. 3, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.

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UA Education Office Helping Districts Navigate Desegregation Orders

Dr. Sara McDaniel, executive director of the Alabama Positive Behavior Supports Office, works with the Jefferson County School District to address its discipline issues while it navigates the terms of its consent decree with the DOJ.