A message in a bottle became more than just a plot for a romantic movie for UA graduate geography students one day in March. Students were participating in a winter cleanup of a lake with professor Mary...
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity is hosting a series of philanthropic events this week with a focus on bettering the Tuscaloosa community. The event series, entitled HOPE week, began with a bike drive that ended...
Two University of Alabama greek houses are working together this week to help a Birmingham hospital fight childhood cancer. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is dedicated to helping fight childhood...
Imagine a little girl who thinks nobody in the world wants her. A little girl whose father throws her against a wall and would choose drugs over her. A little girl whose mother isn’t there anymore because...
University of Alabama engineering professor Yang-Ki Hong recently received a $1.26 million grant for his engineering research from the U.S. Department of Energy. Electrical machines are considered vital...
Although they may be intelligent, hardworking and motivated, for some students the option to study abroad just doesn’t exist – they can’t afford the expensive venture. Vice president of Student Affairs...
Currently, 27 million people are victims to the act of slavery worldwide, a practice that is stronger today than any other point in history, according to the International Justice Mission. For Phi Gamma...
Pi Beta Phi sorority won $2,000 for their literacy philanthropy, First Book, after participating in a Belk department store contest called Belk Sorority Challenge. The contest took place on Oct. 20, 2011,...
Birmingham resident Myra Jackson recently won $10,000 from the SaveNow WinLater initiative put on by the University of Alabama Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility. Jackson, whose home was...
Members of Phi Mu sorority are preserving the memories of the sisters they lost this past year in a cookbook consisting of recipes from active and former members from the Alpha Zeta chapter. “Love in...
UA Professor James Hamilton is conducting a study called the “Silver Lining Project,” which aims to study the prolonged psychological effects of the April 27 tornado. The first part of the study, examining...
One of the fatalities of the April 27 tornado was Marcus Smith, a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity at the University of Alabama. In the days that followed the storm, Smith’s pledge brother, Chris Flynn,...
Brett Hannan wants everyone to know being progressive is not about politics for the University of Alabama Environmental Council (UAECo). “We want to build a coalition of progressive-minded students,...
Delta Zeta sorority placed first in the annual Homecoming Lawn Decoration contest after all of the pomps were revealed Friday. The sorority’s lawn decoration, encompassing this year’s homecoming theme...
Large wooden structures stand outside various buildings covered in blue tarps. Feet can be seen scurrying under these covered structures at all hours of the day and night. Inside the buildings, balls of...
The College Republicans, Black Student Union and the University of Alabama NAACP have partnered together to host political activist K. Carl Smith to speak tomorrow night at 6 p.m. in Lloyd Hall Room 38....
Hundreds of freshman boys can be spotted around campus wearing khakis or jeans with coordinating tucked-in polos. Some bring back trends of elementary school, donning matching Velcro-strap shoes or jean...
New telecommunications and film professor Mike Bruce said he learned the meaning behind the saying “everything happens for a reason” when he was a junior in high school. “My interest, when I was...
Imagine climbing up a mountain to the famed Incan village of Machu Piccu. Thick mist frames the ancient stone city and the lush mountains graze the clouds. Some may describe the experience as unbelievable,...
The theme of going beyond any self-limitations was prevalent throughout Bebe Barefoot’s lecture delivered in Lloyd Hall on Monday night. Barefoot, a New College professor, was the chosen winner of...
