Advancement News Archive


Alabama Power Grant Expands Black Belt STEM Program

More students in Alabama’s Black Belt will have the opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers, thanks to a grant from the Alabama Power Foundation that is helping a UA professor to expand a unique outreach program. Chris Crawford, assistant professor in UA’s department of computer science, will expand the Black Belt…


Late Steve Williams Makes Substantial Gift to Enhance the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection at Gorgas Library

The A.S. Williams III Americana Collection, consisting of thousands of primary source materials on Southern and early U.S. history, recently grew by more than 2,500 titles valued at more than $1.3 million, thanks to a gift of additional materials from the collection’s namesake, A.S. (“Steve”) Williams III, a 1958 graduate of The University of Alabama.…