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Today’s News
The Chronicle of Higher Education – July 6 (subscription required)
Beginning this fall, the University of Alabama will pay the tuition bills of academically qualified students from low-income backgrounds who transfer to the institution after earning an associate degree or at least 45 credit hours at a community college in the state.
WIAT-CBS 42, Birmingham – July 5
WAAY-ABC, Huntsville – July 5

UA extends dig, aims to map sites of historical buildings
Tuscaloosa News – July 6
Workers at an archeological dig on the University of Alabama campus were busy Thursday trying to unearth the corner of an antebellum dorm…

Photo feature: Perfect Pirouettes
Tuscaloosa News – July 6
The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance is hosting the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive through July 15…

VP for student affairs resigns
Tuscaloosa News – July 6
Margaret King resigned as vice president for student affairs at the University of Alabama Thursday and will become a clinical professor…
Crimson White – July 5

$1 Million Ferrari Pays Scholarships
Associated Press – July 5
More than 40 years ago, Darrell Westfaul's little red Ferrari took him from Mobile to the University of Alabama…
Diverse Issues in Higher Education – July 5
WSFA-NBC Montgomery – July 5
WAFF-NBC, Huntsville – July 5
WAAY-ABC, Huntsville – July 5
WTVM-ABC, Columbus, Ga. – July 5

Sports figures' off-field news isn't really new
Birmingham News – July 6
...middle of the 19th century,' said Richard Megraw, a University of Alabama associate professor of American Studies. Megraw mentions New York Giants...

UA and Shelton partner in admissions initiative
Tuscaloosa News – July 6 (print version only)
Under a pilot program knows as the University of Alabama/Shelton State Bridge program, a limited number of students who came close to meeting UA’s admission standards will have the opportunity to enter UA after attending Shelton State for one year…

One-on-one with Nick Saban
WVTM-NBC 13, Birmingham – July 5
NBC 13 goes one-on-one with UA Head Football Coach Nick Saban to find out what makes him tick. This is the first in a three-part series.

UA to sponsor women’s self-defense course
Tuscaloosa News – July 6 (print version only)
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor a Sexual Harassment, Assault & Rape Prevention (SHARP) self-defense course…

Flintknapping class will teach traditional craft
Tuscaloosa News – July 6 (print version only)
Some of the Southeast’s best stone crafters will teach participants how Native Americans transformed ordinary rocks into useful tools and arrowheads…at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park.