Category Newsworthy


Food drive will help provide young learners in need with snack kits during school

This month, UA student group Roll Tide for Reading is hosting a food drive to provide in-school snack kits to K-12 learners who are experiencing food insecurity. Children’s ability to succeed in school suffers when they regularly experience hunger. It not only affects their concentration, memory, and mood but impairs their motor skills as well…


Dr. Carl Hancock to be inducted into AMEA Hall of Fame

Dr. Carl Hancock, professor of the Department of Music Education, has been selected by the Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA) Governing Board to join the AMEA Hall of Fame. This honor represents Hancock’s outstanding contributions to music education in Alabama as well as his service to AMEA over the years. Hancock will receive a plaque…


Greensboro Middle opens innovative AR/VR lab through partnership with UA, Air University

Greensboro Middle School will soon be at the forefront of providing advanced STEM opportunities for its students with the grand opening of its first Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Lab. The school invites the community to come celebrate this milestone on Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. “This lab is a transformative addition for both our students…