UA music professor with MN roots talks about Prince’s influence
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 21
A University of Alabama music professor who grew up in Minnesota and frequented nightclubs where Prince played spoke about the superstar, who died Thursday at age 57. “He’s an absolutely inspirational and innovative artist who did so many things to innovate our field,” said Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, Associate Professor of New College and the School of Music at UA. Dewar grew up close to the Twin Cities in Minnesota and spent most of his teenage years going to “1st Avenue,” the nightclub featured in the Academy Award-winning movie Purple Rain, which starred Prince.
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – April 21
University of Alabama Researcher Honored with Burnum Award
India West – April 21
Highly-regarded for his research and a devoted scholar, Dr. Arunava Gupta, Distinguished University Research Professor, is this year’s recipient of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on professors at the University of Alabama.
‘Boeing Boeing’ bounces with laughs
Tuscaloosa News – April 21
Whatever sad, lonely, hurtin’ blues — or purples — you might be dragging around this week, I’m happy to say there’s an antidote close by: “Boeing Boeing.” Light as a souffle, abundantly giddy, slightly salacious — probably nothing any 8-year-old won’t already know — and full of light, life and energy…what else should we say? Go. It’s near non-stop laughs beginning to end, warm and surprisingly easy on the gender friction, at least by show’s end. Little setup is needed: It’s a French farce from the ’60s, made into a movie starring Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter and a bevy of beauties, and yet, without having seen that movie, I’d bet you’ll love the six folks the University of Alabama put up on the Marian Gallaway Theatre stage as well or better than those silver screen legends.
Gates Millenium Scholar to attend UA
WCBI-CBS (Columbus, MS) – April 21
A West Lowndes high school student is making history for his district. Senior Jay Little is the first student in the Lowndes County School District to receive the Gates Millennium Scholarship. The prestigious award totals $240,000, and will fund his education to the highest level over a ten year span. In addition to the Gates scholarship, Little also has about another $100,000 in scholarships coming his way. He plans to attend The University of Alabama, and because of dual-enrollment at EMCC, he’s already earned 52 college credits and will start at The University as a junior.
Triple threat: Meet the smart, talented, driven Rogers sisters from Mobile
AL.com – April 22
The Rogers triplets, Charlotte, Liza and Peirson, have always been together – literally since before birth. But soon, when they graduate from the University of Alabama on May 6, they’ll go their separate ways for the first time ever.When they were born, their parents, Max and Mandy Rogers, already had two little girls, Mary-Lacey and Simms. “They wanted a boy, but they got three girls!” Charlotte said, laughing. With five daughters, their dad, an obstetrician/gynecologist in Mobile, “is surrounded by estrogen all the time,” said Liza. “He had to get a male dog to make up for it.” Growing up as triplets with two older sisters, “We always had friends,” said Peirson. “We never got bored.” The triplets grew up in Mobile, attended UMS-Wright Preparatory School and then picked Alabama for college, which was actually Charlotte’s first choice. The other girls had been looking at smaller schools, but “we couldn’t really imagine separating,” said Liza.
Speaker maps crime trends
News-Press (St. Joseph, Mo.) – April 21
Are you interested in hearing how mapping technology can help solve and prevent crimes? That topic will be the focus of a talk at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Steven Ericson, lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Alabama, will speak on applications of geographic information systems in crime research at noon today in Spratt Hall, room 201. The talk is free and open to the public.
200 Alabama teens learn safe driving skills at Montgomery stop of national Ford Driving Skills for Life training course
Foreign Affairs – April 21
If Naesha Suddeth knew before it is not safe to text and drive, she received an eye-widening reinforcement of that message on Thursday. Suddeth, a student at Berry High School in Fayette County, was one of about 200 teens from across the state to participate in the Ford Driving Skills for Life program as it made an Alabama pit stop Thursday at Montgomery’s Paterson Field. The program was offered at no charge to students wishing to improve their driving skills … Across the United States, vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers. In Alabama there were 35 fatalities and 3,259 injuries resulting from 24,971 crashes involving teen drivers in 2015, according to the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs – state coordinator of many traffic safety programs including Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over – helped bring the event to Alabama.
Your diet may influence how well you sleep: study
The Siasat Daily – April 21
Poor sleeping habits can lead to overeating, but can unhealthy diets keep you up at night? A review of 21 studies that analyzed the effectiveness of modifying nutritional intake as a treatment for improving sleep found mixed results. In nearly half of the laboratory-based studies, a dietary intervention may have had a significant effect on a key sleep variable, according to the authors Adam Paul Knowlden from the University of Alabama, Christine Hackman from the California Polytechnic State University and Manoj Sharma from the Jackson State University.
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News Medical – April 21
IdentityMind Global Names Reginald Hyde and Kyle L. Miller to Advisory…
What is Said – April 21
IdentityMind Global, the pioneer in trusted digital identities for ecommerce, today announced the appointments of Reginald Hyde and Kyle L. Miller to the company’s Board of Advisors. Hyde and Miller join a team of experienced business and technology leaders who will work with IdentityMind Global president and CEO, Garrett Gafke to guide the company’s security capabilities and business strategy … Mr. Hyde is currently the Executive Director of the University of Alabama Cyber Institute.
KSLA 12 (Shreveport, La.) – April 21
Prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship Recipients Announced
WDRB (Louisville, Ken.) – April 21
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation today announced the 2016 recipients of its prestigious Hertz Fellowship. The twelve recipients were chosen from a cohort of over 800 candidates who will pursue PhDs in the sciences, engineering and mathematics … Sarah McFann – Sarah is an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She will pursue her PhD at Princeton University in chemical and biological engineering. Sarah is from Arlington, Tennessee.
Stamford Advocate (Conn.) – April 21