52.9 F
Mobile
49.4 F
Huntsville
49.1 F
Birmingham
44.1 F
Montgomery

CATEGORY

Education

Workforce challenges being addressed by industry-community college partnership

Grayson Everett -
A panel of workforce development experts told the Alabama pro-growth policy conference the state will benefit from more collaboration to close real-world gaps in...

Trenholm State joins Innovate Alabama, awarded grant for EV program

Bud McLaughlin -
Trenholm State Community College has joined the Innovate Alabama Network and received a grant of more than $240,000 to expand its Automotive Service Program...

Auto manufacturers, community colleges team up for scholarship program

Austen Shipley -
Alabama community college students interested in the automotive manufacturing industry can apply for scholarships worth up to $4,000. The new scholarships are made possible through...

Providing HOPE: UA increases behavioral health services availability for rural youth

Austen Shipley -
The University of Alabama will use $3.7 million in new federal funding to expand behavioral health services to rural Alabama youth from ages 5-17...

Application fee waived for Free App Week at UA

Austen Shipley -
The University of Alabama has announced that next week it will waive application fees for all students. Free App Week (Oct. 16-20) is designed to...

Auburn University agriculturalists shaping the future of farming in Alabama

Auburn University -
How challenging is it to farm sustainably? The answer is complex. While technological and scientific advancements have improved the resiliency of modern farms, there are...

UAH demonstrates cybersecurity software aboard Lockheed Martin demonstrator CubeSat

University of Alabama in Huntsville -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville has developed a cybersecurity software for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, the university announced. The...

UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South

Russ Nelson -
A researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $179,000 subcontract to explore community-based strategies for reducing high-burden chronic disease...

Tuskegee students partner with NFL to design fictional stadium in Birmingham

Bud McLaughlin -
Tuskegee University has one of the most iconic football stadiums among Historically Black Colleges and Universities - if not anywhere - with its "shed." Now,...

Niche names 25 best private schools in Alabama

Austen Shipley -
Niche recently released its rankings for the top 25 private schools in the state and, unsurprisingly, the state's fours largest cities -Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery,...

Worlds Of Work Expo returns this week to Shelton State

Staff Report -
The seventh-annual Worlds of Work (WOW) Career Expo will bring industry leaders and education partners together with more than 4,000 students from west Alabama to...

UA, Shelton State team up for new bachelor’s program

Austen Shipley -
The well-established partnership between the University of Alabama and Shelton State Community college was strengthened even more recently after the two schools announced a...

Auburn sets fall enrollment record, reports largest first-year class

Austen Shipley -
For Auburn University, it has been yet another year of record student growth. In fact, for the fifth year in a row, Auburn has set...

UA Rural Medical Scholars Program adds 7 students

Bryant Welbourne -
The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences welcomed seven students from around the state to the Rural Medical Scholars Program, which is...

Moundville hosts 35th annual Native American Festival

Bryant Welbourne -
The University of Alabama Moundville Archaeological Park will become a “City of Life” as it celebrates the cultures of Southeastern Native Americans at the...

Farmers Federation awards $150,000 to Auburn ag, forestry students

Maggie Edwards -
Eighty Auburn University students reaped the benefits of the Alabama Farmers Agriculture Foundation during the Alabama Farmers Federation annual scholarship reception recently at Lazenby...

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger launches 30th food drive

Austen Shipley -
The Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive is kicking off for the 30th time today at the University of Alabama. “Food insecurity in Alabama remains...

Alabama approves training courses for high schoolers

Grayson Everett -
Good news for Alabama high school students looking to get a head start on their careers. Several no-cost Skills for Success rapid training courses have...

Google engineer ‘in residence’ to lead course at Alabama A&M

Bud McLaughlin -
Alabama A&M has a Googler on its teaching staff, courtesy of the software giant's Google in Residence program. Google announced the 10th anniversary cohort of...

University of South Alabama freshman student population grows

Austen Shipley -
The University of South Alabama has reported near record growth in its first year student enrollment for 2023. Enrollment in this category has shot...

AU alum teachers buck trend by staying in classrooms

Auburn University -
Many Auburn University alumni teachers are bucking the state and national trend that declares as many as 70% of teachers are said to have considered leaving...

Lawsuits against AL officials allege discrimination against disabled children

Austen Shipley -
Six lawsuits that allege "systemic discrimination against children with disabilities" were filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The...

Inaugural class of rural dental scholars welcomed by UA

Austen Shipley -
Four Alabama students from rural areas of the state have been selected for the inaugural class of the University of Alabama's College of Community...

Auburn No. 1 in state in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Austen Shipley -
U.S. News & World Report has released its list of the 2024 Best Colleges in the country, and a lot has changed in a...
123...5Page 2 of 5

ABOUT US

Yellowhammer News is Alabama’s preeminent outlet for news, analysis and much more. We are committed to delivering the news in a manner that reflects the state of Alabama, its people and their values.

FOLLOW US

Copyright Yellowhammer News
Website by Sharp Guys Web Design