UA students take part in Dance Marathon
CBS News Radio – National – Feb. 11
They are dancing for a good cause at The University of Alabama. More than 200 students are taking part in a 12-hour dance marathon to raise money for the Children’s of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. No sitting allowed. Now in its sixth year, the event raised more than $210,000 for the hospital last year.
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 11
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Feb. 11
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Alabama students dancing for children’s hospital
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 11
Students at the University of Alabama are dancing for children. More than 200 students are expected to participate Saturday in Tuscaloosa in the Alabama Dance Marathon, a 12-hour dance meant to raise money for Children’s of Alabama, a hospital located in Birmingham. Participants gathered at the student center will have to keep moving from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., and they aren’t allowed to sit.
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Teddy bears for Big Sandy Elementary
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 11
Led by Aubrey Smith, the Phi Alpha honor society, with the University of Alabama’s School of Social Work, collected a total of 85 teddy bears and gave the bears to fifth grade students at Big Sandy Elementary Friday morning. Smith emphasized the importance of positive role models and told the fifth grade students that on Tuesday, Feb. 14, they would each give the teddy bear they received on Friday to a kindergartner for Valentine’s Day. The teddy bear program, started by Smith, through the Phi Alpha honor society is in its fourth year. One of the concepts of the social work program is that anyone can make a difference.
Tuscaloosa News (video) – Feb. 11
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UA Study: Fatal crashes in Alabama jump by 25 percent in 2016
Cullman Times – Feb. 11
Deaths from the state’s traffic crashes in 2016 increased by nearly a quarter from 2015, according to a recent study of data by researchers at The University of Alabama. Critical causes of more traffic fatalities include increased speeds, lack of safety belts and more distracted drivers as well as pedestrians, according to the analysis of crash reports statewide. Although final numbers for 2016 are not yet official, the count to date is 1,058 traffic fatalities in Alabama through the end of 2016, which is 24.6 percent more than the 849 people who died in traffic crashes in 2015, according to state crash records.
DOES IMMIGRATION LEAD TO MORE CRIME? NOT ACCORDING TO DATA
Newsweek – Feb. 11
In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump named victims who were reportedly killed by undocumented immigrants and said: “They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources…We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.” … Robert Adelman, University at Buffalo, and Lesley Reid, University of Alabama: Research has shown virtually no support for the enduring assumption that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime.
Psychology Today – Feb. 11
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Eurasia Review – Feb. 11
University of Aalabama Students from NJ Named to Dean’s and President’s Lists
Gloucester City News (New Jersey) – Feb. 11
A total of 11,758 students enrolled during the 2016 fall semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
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‘Devastating impact’: Why business groups oppose Alabama’s bathroom bill
Al.com – Feb. 11
An array of business and economic development groups are vocalizing their concerns about the Alabama version of a controversial restroom bill that plunged North Carolina into political chaos … The bill could have an uphill climb in Montgomery as blowback grows. “Having business interests against your bill is a definite minus in Alabama, especially if they are willing to do more than simply make a pro forma statement against it,” said William Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama and a longtime observer of state politics. “Business is the primary source for many legislators in how they fund their campaigns. I think they would prefer that the committee to which it is referred to bottles it up.”
UA Equestrian Program holds IHSA Show
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 11
The University of Alabama’s Equestrian Program hosted a horse show today. It was held at River Oaks Farm off Culver Road. This is part of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s 50th anniversary tour. It included more than 400 colleges and more than 9,000 riders.
COLLEGE NEWS: February 12
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 11
University of Alabama: Katie Gatti, a University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences student, was selected as a finalist for Public Relations Student of the Year in the 2017 PRWeek Awards.
High schoolers learn ‘ethical hacking’ as course to computer careers
WRAL (Raleigh, North Carolina) – Feb. 10
Today’s high schoolers, “digital natives” who have grown up with technology, can be the guardians of the future, Green Hope High School teacher Chris Gaw believes. That’s one reason he was eager to establish the “Ethical Hacking” class to teach students job skills that set them up for in-demand careers … After participating in the class, Megan Phillips changed her college plans from engineering to computer science and earned a scholarship to the University of Alabama.
Alabama Woman Belts Out A Terrific ‘Roll Tide’ On ‘The Price Is Right’
Coed – Feb. 11
On today’s episode of The Price Is Right, Annette Peterson of Alabama got a chance to spin the wheel. She made the most of her microphone time by shouting out her family, her friend Lisa who brought her to the show, and of course, the University of Alabama. Watch the 61-year-old belt out a fantastic “Roll Tide” right in Drew Carey’s face.
UA Theatre and Dance to premiere “The Philadelphia Story”
Crimson White – Feb. 11
When the curtains part on Valentine’s night, the audience of the Marian Gallaway Theatre will go back in time a little over 75 years as The University of Alabama’s theatre department performs “The Philadelphia Story” by
Philip Barry. The Philadelphia Story is a romantic comedy written in 1939. The main role of Tracy Lord was originally envisioned for Katherine Hepburn.
Simmons Cancer Institute accepting summer internship applications
Shelbyville (Illinois) Daily Union – Feb. 12
Summer research internships will be offered for the ninth year at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine. SCI will award four paid positions to qualified undergraduate college students who plan a career in medicine or biomedical research with a focus on cancer. . . . “Simmons Cancer Institute’s summer internship allowed me to explore my future as a researcher and learn essential lab techniques that I have used throughout my education,” said Springfield native Olivia Gobble, a 2015 intern who attends the University of Alabama. “It also pushed me to think outside of the box and approach problems, occurring both in lab and in life, in a scientific way.”
Mississippi campus briefs: Feb. 11
Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) – Feb. 11
Ural, who specializes in 19th-century America and is co-director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society, will be joined by three other leading Civil War historians from the Gulf South: Lesley Gordon of the University of Alabama, who will present “A Higher Standard of Courage: Black Troops, Combat and Memory of the War,” and Aaron Sheehan Dean of Louisiana State University, who will present “Duty to Run Mad: Veterans and Civil War Violence.” Anne Marshall of Mississippi State University will provide comments and analysis.
PORT RAIL: Founders put liberty before equality
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 11
That our nation today is deeply divided is an obvious truth. But why are we so divided? You can fill in your own answers here, depending on where you are on the political and cultural spectrum. Race, gender and a dozen other factors contribute to the stew of what it is to be an American today. (Larry Clayton is a retired University of Alabama history professor. Readers can email him at larryclayton7@gmail.com.)
PREVIEW: Culverhouse Investment Management Group to host financial seminar
Crimson White – Feb. 11
The Culverhouse Investment Management Group (CIMG) will present a seminar entitled “Introduction to Accounting” on Monday in an effort to spread their knowledge of accounting to the student body at large. “Students should expect to walk out of there with a very solid foundation with using different accounting tools to make better financial decisions,” said Mark Guffin, a junior majoring in finance. “…They should just walk out of there more comfortable. I know accounting’s kind of scary to a lot of folks, but they should really walk out with [a simplified and better understanding].”
PREVIEW: Legendary Jazz Musician to perform with UA Jazz Ensemble
Crimson White – Feb. 13
The music of jazz musician and composer Vinny Golia will be featured in the third concert of Sonic Frontiers’ “California Experiments” season. Golia is a composer and musician known for his work in free jazz and his ability to play eight different instruments. WHO: The concert is open to the public and free of charge. The performance will be hosted by The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series in partnership with the School of Music’s Jazz Studies program. WHAT: The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Jazz composer Vinny Golia has combined with The University of Alabama’s Jazz Ensemble and other University based performers to create a collaborative jazz concert. The concert will consist of both large and small ensemble musical pieces intermixed with solos. Vinny Golia, the University’s Jazz Ensemble and UA-based musicians Chris Kozak, Andrew Raffo Dewar and Joe Berry will all be performing in the concert.
UA Ice Hockey team on winning streak
WSFA-NBC (Montgomery) – Feb. 12
The south doesn’t necessarily scream ice hockey, but The University of Alabama is trying to change that mentality. The team has been around since 2006 and has appeared in three national tournaments. They come from all over including Canada and have grown from a Division III program to now Division I. With a sweep over West Virginia this weekend, they grabbed their eighth and ninth Division I wins this season.
Families invited to attend space-themed event
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 10
West Alabama families are invited to don spacesuits and prepare for blastoff during this year’s space-themed Hands-on Family Night at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on the University of Alabama campus.A collaborative effort among UA’s Graduate School, the Graduate Student Association, Graduate Parent Support and Alabama Museum of Natural History, “Adventures in Space” will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the museum in Smith Hall.