UA PR Students Team with Tuscaloosa Schools to ‘HALT’ Bullying

Five University of Alabama public relations students have developed the “I Can” campaign to help increase bullying awareness among local middle school students in Tuscaloosa City Schools.

UA in the News: February 12, 2013

UA’s adapted athletics programs continue to grow – UA students organizing to give back to Hattiesburg – Professor has reputation as UA’s hardest teacher – SPLC official speaks on social equality – Colleges host health care film screening – Dance, theatre, arts events – and more…

Smithsonian Exhibit on U.S.’s Largest Guest Worker Program Opens at UA

The University of Alabama was selected as one of the only two sites in the Southeast to host a Smithsonian traveling exhibition that tells the story of the largest guest worker program in U.S. history.

UA in the News: February 9-11, 2013

UA Board of Trustees approves improvements to Shelby Quad – Construction of Champions Plaza begins – UA Veteran and Military Affairs sends items to Wounded Warriors – UA experts’ books, studies focus on suicide attacks, Alabama economy, Mobile’s Mardi Gras, speed limits – Events – and more…

Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab to Provide Coping, Research Opportunities

Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab to Provide Coping, Research Opportunities

The University of Alabama will soon become the third university in the country, researchers say, to have a social work virtual reality lab.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: UA ranks first among public universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars – UA students’ Alabama arts show to air on WVUA – UA Veteran and Military Affairs representatives to honor soldiers at D.C. ceremony – UA student interns as child life specialist – Religion expert available to comment on Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation – African-American Heritage Month events

UA Students Produce TV Show about the Arts in Alabama

A new original show on WVUA is a product of the The University of Alabama’s department of telecommunication and film and Creative Campus and will showcase artists from across Alabama.

UA Colleges Hope Film Screening Will Start Local Dialog about Health Care

A free community screening of the film, “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare,” will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA in the News: February 8, 2013

UA ranks first among public universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars – UA representatives to participate in ceremony at Arlington Cemetery – UA trustees approve Shelby quad updates – Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at UA remembered – Art events – and more…

UA in the News: February 6, 2013

CBER survey: Executives pessimistic about Alabama economy – WVUA-TV, APR to move into Bryant-Denny Stadium – New show on Alabama business to air on WVUA/WUOA – UA student meets President Obama – UA receives grant for road project – UA virologist’s research shows fibromyalgia may be caused by virus – African-American History Month events – and more…