University of Alabama

Environment / Education

UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Mykah Hughley will support clean water advocacy this summer through outreach, cleanups, petitions and presentations with the nonprofit.

June 12, 2026

If college athletics is broken, Nick Saban helped break it

Paying players fair market value isn't breaking college athletics. It's making things fair, which is exactly why some people hate it.

June 10, 2026

The American Legion Auxiliary Alabama Girls State began this week

More than 400 rising seniors will debate bills, run for office and hear from Governor Kay Ivey and Senator Katie Britt.

June 1, 2026

Federal court denies injunction request in UA student magazine closure suit

While the suit is still ongoing, the decision will allow the magazines to remain closed, drawing sharp condemnation from a student press defense organization.

May 28, 2026

University of Alabama students publish independent magazines after anti-DEI cancellations

The new magazines were funded and published after the University of Alabama cancelled two student-run magazines last year.

April 13, 2026

Alabama, Auburn exempted from bill allowing termination of tenured professors

The Alabama House approved a measure giving most state colleges more power to fire faculty, despite Democratic concerns it targets diversity, equity and inclusion.

April 1, 2026

Cancer researchers highlight findings, push for funding at Alabama capitol

University scientists and advocates met in Montgomery to showcase biomedical advancements and request lawmakers work to fund research for future life-saving therapies.

April 1, 2026

UA students sue university over suspended student publications

Plaintiffs argued administrators committed unlawful viewpoint discrimination by shuttering and defunding two campus magazines last December.

March 24, 2026

Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback

“HB152 would be a unique action against a nationally ranked, highly productive professional school,” one critic of the bill stated.

February 12, 2026

Alabama House debates, passes bill to let UA restructure social work school

The Alabama House passed legislation Thursday, that drew debate concerning its impacts on University of Alabama social work programming.

January 30, 2026