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 a prominent issue with 1 in 7 people being classified as food insecure,” said Rebecca Wilson, president of Beat Auburn Beat Hunger. “Beat Auburn Beat Hunger raises food and monetary […]

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 been approved as indicators for Alabama’s new high school graduation requirements, the Alabama Community College System announced today. The new opportunities include training in areas such as fiber optics and […]

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 the program which includes 14 Googlers in Residence and partnering institutions across the U.S. As part of this cohort, Google software engineer Joon Lee is the Googler in Residence and […]

The University of South Alabama has reported near record growth in its first year student enrollment for 2023. Enrollment in this category has shot up by 19%, the university said. “It is clear more and more students and their families see the value of a first-class ticket to a brighter future through a degree from […]

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 their jobs in recent years. Although the teacher shortage is not isolated to a specific region, these College of Education alumni offer their own distinctly Auburn responses to “why” they have stayed. Once DeAngelo Johnson […]

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 lawsuits claim that Nancy Buckner, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Human Resources, and Eric Mackey, state superintendent of the Alabama Department of Education, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act […]

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 Health Sciences Rural Dental Scholars Program. The 2023 class of Rural Dental Scholars includes Catherine Hill of Grant, Landon McCardle of Dothan, Joshua Perry of Guntersville, and Aubrey Stewart of Dothan. […]

U.S. News & World Report has released its list of the 2024 Best Colleges in the country, and a lot has changed in a year. Since last year’s list was published some of Alabama’s schools have risen in the ranking, while others have fallen. Many of the changes are related to a new focus by […]

More students from within the state and across the country were called to the “Alabama Experience” this fall at the University of Alabama than ever before.  Official enrollment data reports a headcount of 39,623 students. That total includes 3,184 freshmen representing every county. It is the largest number of in-state freshmen since 2010 and the […]

Real-time data from soil moisture sensors built at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Earth System Science Center, a part of the University of Alabama System, played a key role in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s decision to call off last month’s prescribed burn at Gulf State Park. “This is the first time our team has […]

A special program showcasing Alabama musicians and experts in conversation about the mountain’s ecology and natural history will be hosted this month at Flagg Mountain, a property owned by the Alabama Forestry Commission. “Birds, Beats and Bach” offers entertainment and education Sept. 24 on Alabama’s “first mountain.” Musicians stationed at three sites around the top […]

Randy Beavers has just finished the restoration of a TF-9J Cougar fighter jet in his garage. Beavers is not a multi-millionaire adding another piece to his collection or restoring the aircraft for a museum or private collector. But, instead, he is an ordinary Madison dad who is restoring the aircraft to display at his kids’ high school. The […]

Alabama’s historic move to allow nursing apprenticeships through Alabama’s community and technical colleges is helping combat nursing shortages across the state. Since new rules passed last year allowing Alabama healthcare employers to enter into an apprenticeship agreement with nursing programs in the Alabama Community College System, an estimated 400 nursing apprentices across 17 colleges have served […]

A few weeks into the fall semester at the University of Alabama, a record-high number of students were walking to and from classes on a sunny morning when Yellowhammer News sat down with Dr. Stuart Bell. This is Bell’s eighth year welcoming a freshman cohort to campus as president of the university.  “If you’re ever […]

Gov. Kay Ivey cleared some time Tuesday to visit with some of the state’s youngest students. During a visit to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Huntsville, Ivey discussed the importance of reading and having a strong work ethic, telling the group that it was their job to “study hard, work hard, and be […]

Electrical engineering senior design students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville recently designed an automated chlorine dispenser to upgrade the water supply for a village in Sabana Larga, Nicaragua. The project was performed in conjunction with the UAH chapter of Engineers Without Borders. EWB USA is a non-governmental organization which works on engineering-oriented international […]

Auburn University has been recognized as the second best college campus for free speech  after a survey polled 55,000 students throughout the U.S. The survey, conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and College Pulse, ranked 248 of America’s largest and most prestigious universities in their allowance of free speech. The rankings […]

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has launched the application process for a $179 million grant initiative targeting public schools across Alabama. The Alabama K-12 Capital Grant Program, authorized by the Alabama Legislature this year, will offer funding across various projects from tech upgrades to security enhancements. “This grant program offers a unique and historic opportunity to […]

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees elected Scott Phelps as president pro tempore. Phelps of Tuscaloosa was elected during the board’s annual meeting Friday. Phelps has represented Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District on the board since 2015. H hase served as chair of the Finance and Legal Affairs committees. RELATED: UA System: No tuition […]

The University of Alabama will be home to the fastest computing system in the state, thanks to funding from the state and federal governments. Sen. Katie Britt said a $44.5 million investment from the U.S. Department of Commerce will go toward the High Performance Computing and Data Center. The funding is provided by the department’s […]

Gov. Kay Ivey released a letter to the director of the Alabama Public Library Service, containing questions and strong concerns over the material being exposed to students across the state in public libraries.  Her letter follows heightened concern from parents and lawmakers over inappropriate reading content available to young children – including graphic, sexual themes, […]

This Labor Day, a pressing question reverberates across the United States: “Where are the workers?” Alabama shares this concern, grappling with just shy of the lowest labor force participation rate in the country. Gov. Kay Ivey rightly emphasized the importance of labor force participation, a sentiment echoed by Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth’s efforts to elevate […]

The University of Alabama will roll out four new bachelor’s degree programs for the fall 2023 semester: Business cybersecurity, applied liberal arts, neuroscience, and sport management. The new programs received approval from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, according to The Crimson White, UA’s student-run newspaper.  Business Cybersecurity Bridging the gap between technical and non-technical […]

U.S. News and World Report released their latest ranking of the top-ten high schools in Alabama. Of the 25,000 U.S. public high schools they measured, 359 Alabama schools made the rankings. U.S. News said its rankings were based primarily on test scores for math, reading and science. The schools listed represented Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, […]