Higher Education — Page 11

'We're Home': UNA alum set to Light the Fountain

FLORENCE – Light the Fountain, this year presented by Chick-fil-A, is the beloved annual spring event at the University of North Alabama. And, it returns for a ninth year Tuesday. The […]

NORMAL —  Did you get enough sleep last night? Well, today’s your day, if you didn’t. It’s World Sleep Day, which is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of […]

NORMAL — Alabama A&M has taking the phrase “dress for success” to the next level. To that end, the university, which proclaims “Start here. Go anywhere,” is helping its students […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Community College System is driving a program for residents who want a career in the automaking industry. The system is partnering with the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers […]

HUNTSVILLE — Wallace State Community College’s basketball teams swept the Alabama Community College Conference Division I Tournament championships Saturday. The tournament was played at Spragins Hall on the University of […]

NORMAL — Alabama A&M University has secured a $529,920 grant from Innovate Alabama to establish the Venture Hub, a 5,800-square-foot entrepreneurship center This state-of-the-art facility at 4701 Meridian Plaza in Huntsville, […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Paresh Samantaray, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has won a National Academies Early-Career Research Fellowship to study […]

FLORENCE – The Alabama Senate has confirmed Sonceria Ann Berry, a University of North Alabama alumna and former secretary of the U.S. Senate, to fill the Board of Trustees seat […]

FLORENCE – The Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions is hosting its annual Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower and Sibling Event on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., […]

Amazon is new title sponsor of Magic City Classic

BIRMINGHAM – The Magic City Classic, the largest Historically Black College and University  football game in the country, has signed on Amazon as title sponsor. The event, now officially named […]

HUNTSVILLE — When Dr. Kimberly Robinson, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, was growing up in Birmingham, a NASA female astronaut came to her high […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama’s Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions has expanded the offerings of its popular Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower and Sibling Event. The […]

FLORENCE – For the fifth year, the Department of Foreign Languages is letting the good times roll with its multicultural Mardi Gras celebration. The event, which will include karneval and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and her team have pioneered the use of gravitational […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama French Film Festival, in its eighth year, will begin Monday with the 2024 release of “Auction” and conclude March 19 with 2022’s “The  […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama Sport and Recreation Management program has achieved a significant milestone by winning the Dr. Samantha Roberts Case Study Competition at the 2025 Applied […]

MUSCLE SHOALS — Talk about getting what you wanted. In the words of Taylor Franks, the Northwest Shoals Community College Patriots athletics director, new coaches Jamie Jeffreys and Tim King […]

HUNTSVILLE — Backed by a recent $11.4 million Department of Defense contract through the Missile Defense Agency at Redstone Arsenal, Auburn University’s Applied Research Institute in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park […]

DECATUR — When Calhoun Community College officials were looking for a head coach for the school’s first women’s flag football team, they didn’t have to look far. In fact, he […]

FLORENCE – The Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of North Alabama has been approved by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship as an apprenticeship sponsor for […]

HUNTSVILLE — Brainpower. There are not many words that provide a better description behind the core value that is responsible for the north Alabama region’s spectacular economic success in the […]

AUBURN — Alice E. Smith, the Joe W. Forehand Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has […]

HUNTSVILLE – A faculty group from the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Analysis Center to support advancements […]

Conference USA launches Stars of Tomorrow program

DALLAS – An initiative that combines sports and career development has been launched in the Rocket City in connection with next month’s Conference USA Basketball Championships. The Stars of Tomorrow […]