UA In the News – March 23, 2016
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Terror attacks leave Obasohan with ‘heavy heart’
Tuscaloosa News – March 23
Retin Obasohan, a captain of the University of Alabama’s 2016 basketball team and a native of Belgium, said that Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels left him with “a heavy heart” but noted that he would “not live in fear,” whether in America or in Belgium. At least 34 people were killed and scores were injured in bomb blasts at Brussels Zaventern Airport and locations in the city of Brussels early Tuesday morning. The Islamic State (ISIS) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks. “It’s been tough just waking up and hearing that,” Obasohan said at a Tuesday press conference. “I was able to reach my family and friends. My family is good. It was good to see my father’s smile, my brother’s smile when I talked to them. It’s crazy to think that they were here (for Alabama Senior Day ceremonies) just a couple of weeks ago and flew home through that airport.”
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – March 22
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – March 22
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – March 22
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Museum offers Junior Naturalist program
Tuscaloosa News – March 22
The Alabama Museum of Natural History on Saturday will launch its Junior Naturalist program. The program, which costs $8 per child, will be from 10 a.m. to noon and is open to third- through sixth-graders. Registration is required. Calling 348-7550 or email programs@ua.edu for more information. Participants will learn how to identify area trees, learn to recognize animal tracks, discover the importance of insects that live in the water and become familiar with nature. UA’s Alabama Museum of Natural History is in Smith Hall near the Quad at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Capstone Drive on the UA campus.
School of Music holds piano concert
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – March 22
The University of Alabama School of Music held a concert tonight for one of their own. Kevin Woosley has been playing piano since he was 11 and started teaching as a grad student at The University eight years ago. His recital tonight was the first time performing solo since becoming a full-tome faculty member in 2013.
Episode 7: Cracking the code – Getting IT in the classroom
CSpire.com – March 4
University of Alabama computer science professor Dr. Jeff Gray talks about teaching coding to high school students.
Tattoos linked to improved immunity
CBS 12 (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) – March 22
New research shows tattoos may actually make you tougher. Researchers at the University of Alabama say that people with a lot of tattoos have been shown to have a higher tolerance to sicknesses like the common cold. When a tattoo artist’s needle makes contact with the skin, research infection-fighting chemicals rush to the fresh wound to begin the healing process. As people make a habit of returning and adding to their body art, researchers say the body begins producing more of those chemicals to adapt. “It actually makes a lot of sense from what I’ve seen,” Marion tattoo artist Joseph Dunmire said. “I mean, if your body’s rebuilding itself all the time, it can fight against infections and get stronger than it would if its not used to doing that.”
Washington College
The Star Democrat (Easton, Md.) – March 22
With the potential end of more than five decades of armed conflict in Colombia imminent, Washington College’s Goldstein Program in Public Affairs will welcome one of the world’s leading experts on politics in the Latin American country. Harvey F. Kline will speak about the ongoing peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba, in his talk “Peace in Colombia: An End to the World’s Longest War?” on March 29. Starting at 5 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, the event is free and open to the public. Kline is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama, where he taught for 25 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts in political science and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.
On Campus
News Transcript (Manalaplan, NJ) – March 22
Amanda Brooke Rosenberg, daughter of Gail and Steven Rosenberg of Manalapan, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2015 fall semester at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Amanda, a 2012 graduate of Freehold Township High School, is majoring in marketing and advertising and is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Study links audit staffing to audit quality
Compliance Week – March 22 (Subscription only)
Using a little noticed filing by audit firms, recent academic research has established a statistical link between heavy workloads for auditors and reduced audit quality. The emerging study from professors at the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University finds where audit engagement workload is high, companies have significantly higher abnormal discretionary accruals, are more likely to restate earnings, and are less likely to get a going concern opinion even when signs of distress are present.