Culture & Community

UA Partnership Offers Online Solution to Help Prevent School Violence

UA Partnership Offers Online Solution to Help Prevent School Violence

An online tool that functions as part of a K-12 school’s violence prevention program is available thanks to a partnership between The University of Alabama’s College of Continuing Studies and Firestorm.

UA Holds K-12 Robotics Competition

UA Holds K-12 Robotics Competition

Kindergarten through 12th-grade students from across the state will put their computer programming skills to the test at the annual Alabama Robotics Competition April 7.

UA Announces Inaugural Bama Blitz Online Fundraising Event

UA Announces Inaugural Bama Blitz Online Fundraising Event

The University of Alabama will host the inaugural Bama Blitz, an inspiring online fundraising event for alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends to come together and support UA.

Hundreds of Sixth-Graders to Launch Rockets Friday

Hundreds of Sixth-Graders to Launch Rockets Friday

The Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge will be held at noon Friday, April 6, on The University of Alabama’s outdoor recreation fields.

APR Students Organize Fundraiser to Fight Childhood Hunger

APR Students Organize Fundraiser to Fight Childhood Hunger

A group of advertising and public relations students are encouraging the campus community to help in their efforts to fight childhood hunger through Cheers for Change, a week-long fundraiser benefiting Alabama Credit Union’s Secret Meals For Hungry Children.

UA Researchers Recruiting Participants for Autism Intervention Trial

UA Researchers Recruiting Participants for Autism Intervention Trial

The University of Alabama’s Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems is enrolling Tuscaloosa-area youth with autism spectrum disorder for a novel treatment approach that will incorporate theater and peer mediation.

Parent-Teacher Academy to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary April 10

Parent-Teacher Academy to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary April 10

The Parent Leadership Academy and the Teacher Leadership Academy will hold a joint graduation ceremony of the year-long Parent Teacher Leadership Academy program Tuesday, April 10, in the Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center beginning at 6 p.m.

‘Talking Black in America’ Documentary Premiering Thursday

‘Talking Black in America’ Documentary Premiering Thursday

To explore the history and importance of black American English, the department of communicative disorders is hosting a free screening of the new documentary “Talking Black in America: The Story of African American Language,” a documentary from the Language and Life Project.

National Humanities Center President to Give Hidden Humanities Talk

National Humanities Center President to Give Hidden Humanities Talk

Dr. Robert Newman’s lecture, “Saving the World with Metaphor: Toward an Ecological Poetics,” emphasizes the link between the humanities and ecology based on the methods used to study them, as well as their original impulses.

Sonic Frontiers Presents Rova Saxophone Quartet in Season Finale

Sonic Frontiers Presents Rova Saxophone Quartet in Season Finale

The University of Alabama’s ​Sonic Frontiers concert series​ presents the Rova Saxophone Quartet March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Moody Concert Hall.