Brittany Wagner, star of the hit original docuseries “Last Chance U” on Netflix, has been hired as director of the Grainger Center for Professional Development and as a full-time instructor and adviser in the University of Montevallo’s Stephens College of Business. She started this fall. “We wanted to bring her in full time because her expertise in the sports field […]

An old steam locomotive pulls into downtown Valley Head, Alabama. A cloud of pale gray smoke puffs out of its chimney, whistling as it billows through the vent cylinder and dissipates into a star-dotted, midnight blue sky. Seemingly, the clacking, chugging sound of its churning wheels turns into a metallic screech as it brakes on […]

In May, an alligator was struck by a train on Kauloosa Avenue in Tuscaloosa, and in June another gator was hit by a car on the same road. In the past few years, there have been several reported gator sightings at Lake Tuscaloosa and at Van de Graaff Park. Should alligators now be expected as a common part of the Tuscaloosa wildlife […]

The 2021 SEC Championship Crimson Tide men’s basketball, gymnastics and wheelchair basketball teams have been dominating, while the University of Alabama continues its status as an institution of athletic champions. But UA is a championship school beyond athletics, too. College Factual ranks UA No. 1 on its list of 2021 Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges for Veterans in the U.S. UA’s Capstone Agency for the third time […]

The ideal Christmas of times past with extended family and friends gathered together will not be the reality of Christmas 2020. Because of the pandemic, things are just different, and so, too, is Christmas.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama criminology and criminal justice instructor Douglas Klutz has been named the No. 1 college professor in the United States once again. Both CEOWORLD Magazine and Best Value Schools ranked Klutz as No. 1 in 2020. In 2017, Klutz was rated the No. 1 professor in the country by Forbes. “The world’s best professors don’t just teach […]

Christmas arrives yet again and with it that familiar seasonal joy but also stress. Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa are getting older, and ideas for gifts have run thin – very thin – for quite some time. What could they possibly want? Christina Pierpaoli-Parker, a University of Alabama student pursuing her doctorate in clinical geropsychology has conducted […]

Alabama is one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, and bugs play a tremendous part in the circle of life here. That’s according to Dr. John Abbott, chief curator and director of museum research and collections for the University of Alabama Museums.