Ms. Chiong-Yiao Chen, a Professor of Art and Director of the University Galleries at the University of North Alabama, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Samuel Ullman Award from the Japan-America Society of Alabama, or JASA. She received the award at JASA’s Annual Celebration Dinner in Huntsville earlier this month.
The David and John Briggs Family Department of Entertainment Industry at the University of North Alabama will welcome Dr. Lana Israel to campus Tuesday, Nov. 17, for a conversation with alumnus and program namesake, John Briggs. The free event will be from 12:30-1:45 in the Mane Room, at 310 North Pine Street in downtown Florence.
Kilby Laboratory School, on the University of North Alabama campus, has ranked 4th overall in the most recent U.S. News & World Report list of Alabama’s best K-8 schools.
A new composition by University of North Alabama faculty member Dr. Martin Hebel premiered during violinist Alexandra Conunova’s solo debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra earlier this month at Cincinnati’s Music Hall.
Dr. John Gulledge, an Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Alabama, has won the Rocket City Playwrights’ Series in Huntsville with his play, Troll Bridge.
Dr. Jeremy Smith, a composer and member of the University of North Alabama Department of Music faculty, has been commissioned to write a new choral work for The Catholic University of America Chamber Choir in Washington, D.C.
The David and John Briggs Family Department of Entertainment Industry at the University of North Alabama has, once again, been named among Billboard’s 2026 Top Music Business Schools, continuing the department’s recognition by the influential music industry publication.
The Department of Foreign Languages at the University of North Alabama will have Germanfest and Germany on Campus this month.
Dr. April Viverette, an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of North Alabama, is the Principal Investigator of a $90,000 research grant awarded by the Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) to examine the disparities associated with social work licensing examinations.
The University of North Alabama is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges to Work For program.
The College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering at the University of North Alabama will host special guest lecturer and Mississippi State University Extension Professor Dr. Jerome Goddard this Saturday from 11 a.m. until noon in Room 330 of the Wendell Gunn University Commons as part of the Sunseri Speaker Series.
Jim Blasingame ’72 has made his significant and vital body of work available to all comers after his gift to the Sanders College of Business and Technology and Collier Library.
For a fifth consecutive year, the University of North Alabama has ranked among the Best Regional Universities (South) category in the U.S. News & World Report annual list of college rankings. Further, UNA earned two new U.S. News & World Report distinctions this year, being named among the Most Innovative – Regional Universities (South) and for Undergraduate Teaching – Regional Universities (South).
The University of North Alabama will host the global premier of Making History Together, the documentary film that chronicles the integration of the institution. The story revolves around the activities of prominent alumnus Dr. Wendell Gunn, President E.B. Norton, famed civil rights attorney Fred Gray, and the University community as a whole.
The Theta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at the University of North Alabama, along with the Florence Alumni Chapter of the fraternity, are partnering to have “Game 7,” a charity basketball game benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event is scheduled for Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at Sheffield High School in Sheffield.
On Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in Norton Auditorium on the University of North Alabama campus, the Shoals Symphony Orchestra will welcome two of the most exciting artists working in the Shoals today: Billy Allen and Caleb Elliott.
Northwest Shoals Community College (NWSCC) and the University of North Alabama (UNA) signed an articulation agreement Thursday (9/3) to support education and training of students in Computer Information Systems Technology, Industrial Systems Technology, Salon and Spa Management and Welding.
Just more than two years ago, 18-year-old Jesse Christopher James passed away as a result of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident in Florence. The story of that time, and the months that have passed since, continue to be difficult for his family, and today, at the University of North Alabama, there is a beacon of hope as the ROAR Pantry was named in Jesse’s memory.
Brooke Patterson, a junior at the University of North Alabama from Rogersville, recently completed her summer internship with the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, where she combined her interest in mathematics and education with an opportunity to support STEM education and NASA’s Artemis program. At UNA, Brooke is a double major in Secondary Education and Mathematics.
The Shoals Symphony at the University of North Alabama will open the 2026-2027 season Saturday, Aug. 22, with Shoals music legend and Alabama Hall of Fame member Lenny LeBlanc. He will be performing some of his most-loved songs, including “Falling” and “Above All” and be joined on stage by special guests, including Gary Baker.