Three shopping malls and some thirty shopping centers in and around Tuscaloosa provide a choice of more than 750 stores. The Galleria, one of the largest shopping malls in the country, is about an hour away on the outskirts of Birmingham. Nearby are the shops of the strip and the downtown district. The daily Tuscaloosa News, The New York Times , and the Birmingham and Montgomery dailies are widely distributed in Tuscaloosa. The area's radio stations include a public radio affiliate operated by The University of Alabama.
Cable television is readily available in most locations.
The Birmingham Airport , about an hour away, offers complete air services. Information about the Tuscaloosa climate is presented as a service of the UA Department of Mathematics and current weather conditions and forecasts may be found at The Weather Channel . This web site is maintained by the Health Sciences Library of the College of Community Health Sciences .