UA School of Law ranks in top 30 in new report
Birmingham Business Journal – June 10
The University of Alabama School of Law shot up the leaderboard this year in Above the Law’s Top 50 Law School Rankings. The online legal publication released its fourth edition of the popular list and UA’s School of Law ranked 26th overall, six spots better than last year. The site used four key metrics in its evaluation based on surveys distributed to its audience aiming to gauge the most relevant factors when selecting a law school. Overwhelmingly, the top four were: employment data, large firm placement, federal clerkship placement and tuition.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – June 9
ALEA Stressing Seat Belt Importance
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – June 9
According to researchers at The University of Alabama, around 95% of people in this state do wear their seat belt. But for the few that don’t, the consequences can be deadly. The fatality rate is 58%. So why not just buckle up? Researchers say that the reasons range from driving only a short distance to fear that the seat belt may do more harm than good.
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – June 9
CBS 3 (Charlotte, NC) – June 9
Construction approved for bike lanes along parts of Springhill Avenue
NBC 15 (Mobile) – June 9
The Alabama Department of Transportation has plans to resurface a nearly five-mile section of U.S. 98 in Mobile, from Broad Street to Stimpson Lane. With the project will come new bike lanes on a small section of the busy roadway downtown … According to the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, there were 238 bicycle involved crashes in Mobile County over the past five years. Six of those were fatalities. In 2016 alone, 15 crashes have been reported. Eleven of those were with injuries.
Country roads, take me home: Jane Cassidy
Santa Fe New Mexican – June 9
Living in Santa Fe, you need not venture far to find a country road. If you’re here during the opening weekend of Currents, you can travel a country road without leaving the Railyard. Alabama-based multimedia artist Jane Cassidy, originally from Galway, Ireland, brings the experience of riding the dark and lonely backroads of the American South to Santa Fe in her immersive outdoor installation Music for Cars at Night on Country Roads … After recording the commissioned album, Cassidy, an assistant professor of digital media at the University of Alabama, whose background is in music composition and animation, was approached by Cinema Reset, a program of the New Orleans Film Festival that focuses on experimental films, to do an installation.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson mischaracterizes U.S. defense obligations
Politifact – June 9
Is the United States really obligated to be the world’s bodyguard? Speaking on Meet the Press on June 5, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said that the United States is already committed — without congressional approval — to protecting the borders of 69 other countries (about one-third of the world) … The treaties in question only require other member states to get involved if one country is attacked, which is rare. “Look at those countries. Very few are under threat of attack,” wrote Douglas Gibler, a professor of political science at the University of Alabama, in an email.
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Announces $4 Million in Research Investments to Solve, Treat and End Parkinson’s Disease
WDRB (Louisville, Ken.) – June 9
The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation® (PDF®) is pleased to announce $4 million in research investments to solve, treat and end Parkinson’s disease. The newest awards, which include increased support for early-career scientists, reflect PDF’s urgency for advancing the care and cure for the one million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease … Investigation of Dopamine Neuron Degeneration as a Consequence of Microbiome-Derived Bacteria – Samuel Stanley, Mentor: Kim Caldwell, Ph.D., University of Alabama.
BioSpace – June 9
Two UA Athletes Named Academic All-Americans for At-Large Team
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – June 9
The University of Alabama flexed its brain muscle this past year. Alabama swept the two at-large bids as gymnast Lauren Beers and swimmer Anton McKee were selected at 2016 Academic All-Americans of the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Beers and McKee join Hayley McCleney giving the Tide three Academic All-Americans of the year, the first school to accomplish such a feat in a single academic year.
UA hosts Alabama Girls State
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – June 9
The Alabama’s Girls State program is taking place this week on the University of Alabama campus. Girls State is an event that attracts young women from all across Alabama high schools. They spend the week participating in mock elections, speeches and information sessions. It’s aimed at making them better citizens.