University of Alabama News

Chad Harvell is one of the many young faces of tomorrow's nuclear age. "It's exciting to be part of something like this," the 23-year-old University of Alabama engineering graduate said.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and immune disorders.

This recession, as bad as it is for Alabama employment, hasn't knocked the breath out of the state's efforts to attract businesses and industry.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Dermatology is offering a new non-surgical, needle-free skin-tightening procedure that doctors say smoothes wrinkles, firms up baggy or loose skin and improves body contours.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and immune disorders.

Former University of Alabama football player Siran Stacy is suing the Dothan/Houston County E911 Board and the estate of a drunken driver who caused a fatal 2007 crash.

In response to the horrific bus crash in Huntsville in 2006, Governor Bob Riley put together a school bus safety committee, to determine if seat belts on the buses would make the children safer.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Susan Gaskins, a professor in the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama, has received a $100,000 federal grant to study the impact of disclosing an AIDS diagnosis on black rural men.

An analysis of patients with a syndrome similar to the genetic disorder, neurofibromatosis type 1, indicates that diagnosis may be difficult because of shared clinical findings, such as certain pigmentary characteristics, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA .

University of Kansas, "Big Jay" T he University of Colorado's mascot, "Chip," gained a headstart in defending his national championship title.

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville will require all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus beginning next fall, and that big move away from UAH's traditional commuter-college identity is roiling the campus.

Name: Sen. Richard Shelby Position: A fifth-generation Alabamian and University of Alabama alumnus, state loyalty flows through Shelby's crimson blood.

The three finalists for the position of Omaha Public Library executive director will be available to meet with residents this week.

For a child who is "different" from other children, even well-meaning or careless remarks can hurt, nevermind the taunts, stares or not-so-subtle whispers.

When one of the newest restaurants in south Huntsville, Flyboys, opened a few weeks ago and owners boasted of the best Philly cheesesteak in town, there was only one thing for Go! Your good Times magazine tasters to do: Go to the ultimate source on Phillys, Phillies and anything else Philadelphia - The Times' Business Editor, Budd McLaughlin.

Jeanie Scott had been drinking when she put on a pain patch and died hours later of an overdose, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department's account of events that occurred almost a year ago.

AL UAB MEDICAL DEAN,1ST LD The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced that its medical school dean will step down next year, after a successor is found.

An Alabama legislator is picking up support for his bill to stop the state's public universities from offering employee benefits to same-sex couples.

Officials at the University of Alabama at Huntsville said late Friday afternoon that a juvenile was arrested on a first-degree rape charge after a dorm resident reported an alleged sexual assault Thursday night.