A Survivor Comes Home
Saved from the Holocaust, a Torah is brought to Temple Emanu-El on the UA campus, where a member of the congregation helps discover its true – and astounding – age.
Hearing on the Highway
University of Alabama students take a hearing clinic on the road to rural Alabama counties. By Cara Walker When Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon came to The University of Alabama from Indiana in 2008 as an associate professor in communicative disorders, she tried to continue studying cochlear implants. But she soon discovered the number of people in Alabama
Faculty Conversations: William Dooley
By Terri Robertson William Dooley, associate professor of art and director of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, talks about his curatorial process, the gallery’s role at UA and the endowment that makes his work possible. The gallery’s current exhibit, “In This House: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” runs through April 10. 1. What led you down
UA In the News — Aug. 6-8
Mom joins the grads at University of Alabama summer graduation Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 6 Stephanie Rymond’s high heels clacked across the floors as she walked the hallways at the University of Alabama in her business attire, heading to class alongside students, many years her junior, wearing T-shirts and jeans. She would listen to them
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MONDAY, AUG. 8 – SUNDAY, AUG. 14, 2016 BEST BETS ALABAMA ACTION – About 150 students from UA’s Honors College will work at Vance Elementary and Brookwood Middle schools from Monday, Aug. 8, to Friday, Aug. 12. Service projects include painting and building benches and tables for an outdoor classroom. A media day will be
UA’s 2016 Week of Welcome Features Service, Events and Fun
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Service projects, a convocation and several meet-and-greet activities highlight The University of Alabama’s Week of Welcome, or “The WOW Factor,” for freshmen, transfer and returning students beginning Saturday, Aug. 13. Organized by UA’s University Programs office, the Week of Welcome offers more than two-dozen events designed to usher in first-year and transfer
UA Announces 2016 Communication Hall of Fame Inductees
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences will holds its annual Communication Hall of Fame dinner on Thursday, Oct. 6, in the North Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The 2016 inductees are Rick Bragg, Eli Gold, James Spann and George Stewart. Rick Bragg Rick Bragg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author
UA In the News — Aug. 5
Students move in at University of Alabama Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 4 The University of Alabama move team crew helped unload hundreds of vehicles of new students arriving for early move-in at UA in Tuscaloosa. on Thursday. Tuscaloosa News (gallery) – Aug. 4 Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 4 WSFA-NBC 12 (Montgomery) – Aug. 4
UA’s Honors College Schedules Week of Action-Oriented Service Activities
Editors/Producers Note: A Media Day is scheduled from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, for Alabama Action at Vance Elementary School. Students will perform outdoor and indoor service tasks to prepare for the start of school. Contact Richard LeComte, media relations, at rllecomte@ur.ua.edu or 205/394-3040. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — More than 200 University of Alabama Honors College freshmen and
UA In the News — Aug. 4
Partnership between UA and Pickens County to improve rural healthcare Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3 This is a partnership between The University of Alabama and Pickens County. People behind it believe its a first of its kind The partnership began to grow a few years ago when Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton was