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Scholarship brings dreams to life
Birmingham News – May 7
…At the University of Alabama, Dustin Broughton of Monroeville has been awarded three additional scholarships and academic awards. Broughton is planning to go to medical school by participating in several surgical and medical preparatory programs and is teaching biology to non-majors under the guidance of a professor at UA…

Opinion: UA farmers market deserves applause
Tuscaloosa News – May 7
Students at the University of Alabama deserve a pat on the back for organizing an open-air farmers market at the Ferguson Center plaza on Thursday. ...

Patsy Riley travels to promote parental resource
Montgomery Advertiser -- May 5
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) -- May 3
PAL is a collaborative service of the University of Alabama Child Development Resources in partnership with Wal-Mart and Alabama Children's Trust Fund (the ...

Should People of God Pay Taxes?
NBC 13 (Birmingham) -- May 3
UA Law Professor Susan Pace Hamil has studied the issue of taxes and what the Bible says for years. She says people of God should pay taxes. (This was a special report Called “God and Taxes”)

UA Fans Raise $40,398 for Enterprise Tornado victims
WTVY (Dothan) -- May 3
Fans at the University of Alabama A-Day game opened up their wallets for Enterprise Tornado victims. The Executive Director of the West Alabama United Way presented the Wiregrass chapter with the check.

Chip Cooper exhibit features portraits of famous writers
Tuscaloosa News -- May 6
... “Silent in the Land" and “Alabama Memories" -- Cooper shoots portraits regularly in his day job as director of photography at the University of Alabama. ...

Commercial growth lags behind population growth
Tuscaloosa News – May 7
One of the obstacles is that no building permit or inspection system is in place in Tuscaloosa County, said Annette Watters, manager of the Alabama State Data Center at the University of Alabama. She frequently collects city and county data for planners.

Church hit hard by Lou Gehrig’s disease
Tuscaloosa News – May 5
For Dr. Eugene Marsh, a neurologist and dean of the University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, it is a mystery he’s been talking about for years. Marsh is also an active member at First Presbyterian…He mentioned it to a colleague at UA, Dr. John Higginbotham, who specializes in epidemiology, the study of disease incidence and affects on communities. Higginbotham enlisted a group of graduate students to examine the rate of ALS in West Alabama during a decade…

UA to study best plan for golf course
Tuscaloosa News -- May 5
The Harry Pritchett Golf Course, owned by the University of Alabama, has been closed for several years. UA has hired a planner to help/determine what to do ...

Hancock’s Sister to Attend UA
KTVI-Fox (St. Louis, Mo.) – May 3
St. Louis Cardinal’s relief pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in an automobile accident earlier this week. Now players want to speak to his younger sister. She just found out that she is receiving a scholarship to The University of Alabama.