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Dr. Stuart R. Bell, the 29th president of The University of Alabama, has announced his plans to step down from the presidency mid-summer, completing a decade of excellence in leadership. The announcement comes as the University celebrates unparalleled achievements in enrollment, academic quality, research activity and funding, fundraising, athletics, campus development and more during his…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. â€“ Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP is pleased to welcome 16 students to the 2025 class of Capitol Scholars. Now in its second year, the Capitol Scholars Program provides outstanding UA System students who are interested in careers in or around the federal government with an immersive, high-impact summer internship experience in Washington, D.C. “The…

At its meeting on Nov. 8, 2024, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees unanimously elected O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr., to represent the Sixth Congressional District. Hall is a UA System graduate and the retired chairman and CEO of Regions Financial Corporation. “After growing up on his family’s potato farm in rural Alabama and…

Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution designating W. Stancil Starnes a Trustee Emeritus at its meeting on Sept. 5, 2024. Starnes, who represented the Sixth Congressional District on the Board from 2017 to 2024, was presented with a framed copy of the resolution during the meeting. Multiple colleagues shared…

At its annual meeting on Sept. 5, 2024, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees adopted a resolution and updated Board Rule 304 to affirm the UA System’s longstanding commitment to institutional neutrality and freedom of speech and expression. As an institution, the UA System will remain neutral on political and social issues unless…

Board also elects Trustee Barbara Humphrey to new term representing the Seventh Congressional District and Trustee Scott Phelps to new term as President Pro Tempore. Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees unanimously elected Myla E. Calhoun to represent the Sixth Congressional District during its meeting on September 5, 2024. The UA System Board…

Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP exists to improve the lives of everyone we affect through the teaching, research and service delivered by our world-class institutions. Fundamental to our mission is our unyielding dedication to increasing access to higher education and preparing all our students for success. Recent changes to the legal landscape in higher education,…

Dedication of Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium to take place on September 7. *Please note, images are conceptual renderings* TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will formally recognize seven-time national champion head football coach Nick Saban by naming the field inside Bryant-Denny Stadium in his honor. The Honorary Degrees and Recognition Committee of the…

After thorough study and due diligence, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved an agreement with Ascension for UAB Health System Authority to assume ownership of Ascension St. Vincent’s Health System in central Alabama to sustain patients’ access to the highest quality care in Birmingham and surrounding communities.  Under the agreement, UAB Health System Authority will assume ownership…

Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees approved a resolution honoring late Trustee Vanessa Leonard at its recent meeting on Friday, June 6. The resolution recognized Leonard’s extraordinary service to the Board of Trustees, the UA System and the State of Alabama, and a framed copy was presented to Leonard’s family members at the…