UA students develop baseball pitch-tracking application
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 23
A team of University of Alabama students is developing an application meant to make the technology used to track pitches in Major League Baseball affordable and available to consumers on a mobile device. Pitch Analyzer tracks the flight path of a pitch through the strike zone using the camera on a mobile device. It provides information on velocity and placement in the strike zone, which can be stored in a cloud database and analyzed, according to University of Alabama senior and baseball fan Matt Bowen.
Stars Exhibit Mysterious Behavior
ITech Post – Oct. 22
The universe has many mysteries that astronomers are still trying to figure out. As new discoveries are made, new questions are being raised as well. Many stars are still a mystery, and some stars do have peculiar behavior, such as those that have been found to have conditions that should have destroyed them yet are instead building them up. Dr. Jimmy Irwin is an astronomer from the University of Alabama an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy. He is joined by a team of three undergraduate student researchers. Together they have discovered that there has been a massive flare of energy from X-ray binary stars in two galaxies, according to Science Daily.
Scientific American – Oct. 23
MSN.com – Oct. 23
Utah People’s Post – Oct. 22
Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarships hosts Cuba Week
Crimson White – Oct. 24
This week, the Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship is hosting Cuba Week to celebrate the continued collaboration between students and faculty of The University of Alabama and students and professors from Cuba. The event is being hosted in Bryant-Jordan Hall from Monday to Thursday, with a variety of additional events happening around Tuscaloosa. Cuba Week is a culmination of all the work that the Center has conducted with Cuba, and it is a time to come together in one location and share the combined knowledge of two countries.
UA professor discusses drought
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Oct. 21
A University of Alabama professor is also weighing in on the effects. Dr. Jason Senkbeil is a climatologist and professor of geography. He believes that the drought has the potential to hurt the economy and agriculture in the state.
‘Hoardiculture’ in Greensboro – 6 decades of stuff inspire artists at Elsewhere
The News and Observer (N.C.) – Oct. 22
Conservation of mass is a scientific law holding that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. And it applies in one sense to Elsewhere, the living museum, junk-culture archive and ongoing collaborative art project in downtown Greensboro. It’s a closed system where nothing comes in or goes out. Instead, all the things there stay in one place and are transformed … Some works do last for a while beyond the artists’ time there, like the huge dream catcher hanging from the ceiling made of thousands of garments, or the tornado made of baby dolls on the second floor. “Glass Forest,” which University of Alabama assistant professor Jane Cassidy concocted this summer from mirrors and light and ambient sound, also shows signs of staying around.
Public invited to Fall Harvest Festival in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 22
Temporary Emergency Services will host its inaugural Community Garden Fall Harvest Festival from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday at one of its community gardens, located on the corner of TY Rogers Avenue and Short 19th Street. A group of University of Alabama students taking a public relations campaign class has partnered with the organization to organize the event. The group’s campaign, called Tidal Solutions, has put together a festival with games, live music, giveaways and free lunch in an effort to raise awareness of TES’s community gardens, said campaign manager Blaire Mann.
San Diego Media Ponders Question of Bias in Presidential Race Coverage
Times of San Diego – Oct. 23
Has the mainstream press played fair in this year’s presidential politics? Have reporters been balanced and objective in covering both Hillary Clinton’s access to classified documents on an unsecure private server as well as Donald Trump’s disparaging demeanor? … Also at the event, a $2,000 scholarship was presented to Lauren Haneke-Hopps, a recent graduate from Patrick Henry High School who is now attending University of Alabama studying the field of kinesiology. The scholarship recognizes one deserving San Diego County student each year who is interested in pursuing a career in health care.
COLLEGE NEWS: October 23
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 23
The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences has selected Lori Turner as the 2016 recipient of the HES Leadership Board Excellence in Scholarly Research Award. The award is presented annually to a member in the college who demonstrates research or scholarly excellence. During her 19-year research career, Turner has published more than 100 manuscripts, at least five book chapters, eight editions of a student study guide and about 20 instructional manuals. She has presented at more than 140 national conferences as either the primary presenter or collaborator, and her research articles have been cited more than 750 times. She has also served as the chair of a dozen or more doctoral committees.
THE PORT RAIL: Have we sunk to a new low? Not really
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 22
I promised myself I would refrain from writing about the presidential election. But, as with all good resolutions, I failed. I can’t resist making a few historical observations, on the premise that we often can see ourselves more clearly through the lens of the past. Or, put another way, we may think we have reached new lows, or new highs, in our political life, but they may have happened before. I don’t know if what I have to say will comfort you, but it may add a bit of perspective. (Larry Clayton is a retired University of Alabama history professor. Readers can email him at larryclayton7@gmail.com.)
ESPN College Gameday visits UA Campus
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 21
ESPN College Gameday is on campus for the Texas A&M game this weekend. It’s the first time this season for Gameday to be here, but it’s the ninth time UA has hosted the popular show since Nick Saban was hired as the head coach at Alabama in 2007. In fact, host Rece Davis who is an Alabama graduate is concerned that Bama students and fans no longer get pumped over Gameday coming to T-Town.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 21
Gameday Cleanup
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 22
There’s nothing like a home football game spent tailgating on the Quad and around campus. Although Alabama’s campus is greatly appreciated by many Alabama fans on game day, what happens during and after the game is what keeps fans coming back. It’s the cleanliness of it all, which the director of the grounds department for The University of Alabama, Bryant Anderson, says is what his team is dedicated to.
UA professor discusses VH-1
National Public Radio – All Things Considered – Oct. 21
VH-1 decided the channel would be about love for the 90s, hip-hop and subverting more successful main stream shows. Flavor of Love was always intended to spoof a massive hit for ABC…Just as Vh-1’s top reality shows now “Love and Hip-Hop” and “Basketball Wives” answer back to Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise. Robin Boylorn is a communications professor at The University of Alabama. At 38, she and her friends are slightly old for VH-1’s target audience but, “our guilty pleasure TV is VH-1.” Yet, they mock it by calling it “ratchet TV or ratchet-reality TV.” That basically means garbage reality TV shows that are fun to watch.
Miss UA Pageant held at UA
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 21
The Miss UA Pageant was held this evening and awarded a scholarship for a full year of tuition to the winner. Fifteen contestants competed in interview, swim, talent and evening wear rounds in hopes of becoming Miss UA 2017. Also recognized was Miss UA’s Rising Star Kate Sanders. Miss UA is a preliminary competition for Miss Alabama and Miss America later in the year.
Haunted Tuscaloosa Tours
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 21
Laura Lineberry is an investigator with the Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group. This group leads the tours on a trolley ride around town, beginning at the Drish House and visiting haunted locations including several on the UA campus.