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Trenholm State joins Innovate Alabama, awarded grant for EV program
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. News & World Report has released its list of the 2024 Best Colleges in the country, and a lot has changed in a...
UA welcomes record number of in-state freshmen to ‘Alabama Experience’
More students from within the state and across the country were called to the “Alabama Experience” this fall at the University of Alabama than...