University of Alabama breaks ground on one-of-a-kind adapted athletics facility
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Feb. 23
A major milestone was reached Thursday at the University of Alabama. UA school leaders broke ground on the adapted athletics facility on campus. The multi-use two-story building will cost ten million dollars. It features a NCAA regulation game venue for wheelchair basketball, locker rooms, workout and training rooms.
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 23
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Feb. 23
ABC 9 (Columbus, Georgia) – Feb. 23
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) (10 p.m.) – Feb. 23
CBS 42 (Birmingham) (6 p.m.) – Feb. 23
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CAPS to study how to better warn residents during storms
WBHM-FM – Feb. 23
Researchers are looking in to how to better warn residents of dangerous storms when many people can’t locate their home on a map. Social scientists surveyed some Alabama residents who couldn’t identify their county on a map of the state. Officials with the Center for Advanced Public Safety at The University of Alabama have been studying the issue.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23
WTVM-ABC (Columbus, Georgia) – Feb. 23
WTVA-NBC (Tupelo, Mississippi) – Feb. 23
New early detection breast cancer research focusing on rural areas
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 23
New early detection breast cancer research shows why many women, primarily in rural areas, aren’t getting breast exams. University of Alabama nursing assistant professor and researcher Dr. Mary Ann Kelley said 75-85 percent of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer haven’t had a relative battling the disease before.
Alabama Attorney General speaks at University of Alabama
WYDE-FM – Feb. 23
Attorney General Steve Marshall spoke at The University of Alabama in support of the Joint Electronic Crimes Task Force agents, who are learning ways to find information left by criminals on your computer or cell phone.
What Mark Zuckerberg Learned About Leadership From the Greatest College Football Coach
Time.com – Feb. 23
Mark Zuckerberg is currently traveling through America as part of a project to get outside his Silicon Valley bubble. He recently stopped in Alabama, where he met with Nick Saban, widely considered the world’s greatest college football coach. Saban’s salary backs it up: Last year, before his team made it to the National Championship, Saban earned $7 million, about as much as New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
Neuroscientist speaks about the brain in ALLELE Lecture
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23
Some people spent some time tonight learning all about the brain. Dr. Michael Anderson was a guest speaker at the Alabama Lectures on Life Evolution Series tonight in the North Lawn auditorium on the UA campus. Anderson is at the forefront of treating the brain and helping others understand a little about themselves in the process.
University doctor discusses prevention of cardiovascular disease
Crimson White – Feb. 23
With the growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease in America, Dr. Edward Geno presented a lecture entitled, “Cholesterol” about ways to reduce risks of high cholesterol and potential cardiovascular disease on Thursday. Gloria Oglesby, facilitator of the lecture, said Dr. Geno is a family medicine physician at the University Medical Center, and he also is a professor at family medicine for the residency program in the College of Community Health Sciences. He works with the family residence in minor surgery and hospital medicine.
A Problem Shared Can Be a Problem Doubled
Science Newsline – Feb. 23
The train is late again, your meal at the restaurant is cold or the breakfast buffet at the hotel has already been devoured – failures are always possible in the service sector. But no service provider can afford to disappoint customers for very long … The study’s authors, Arne Albrecht, Prof. Walsh and Prof. Sharon Beatty of the University of Alabama (USA), were initially surprised by this result.
Free stargazing event is Friday night at Moundville park
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 23
People will have the opportunity to view Jupiter, the Orion Nebula and other star clusters through telescopes from 7-10 p.m. Friday at the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park. The free viewing is being organized by UA’s department of physics and astronomy. UA’s telescopes will be set up across the road from the park’s museum. The park is 13 miles south of campus, off Alabama Highway 69.
UA SLIS awards record number of books to schools in West Alabama
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will award a record number of free books to school libraries in Alabama. This year, schools will receive more than 22,000 new free books. This is all through the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Blackbelt and Beyond Program.
School hopes adding coffee bar will lead to more students drinking milk
CBS 19 (Cleveland, Tennessee) – Feb. 23
A new coffee bar is calling Mayfield High School home. Cat’s Coffee Bar is now a reality thanks in part to the Mayfield Food Service Department and intern Brian Starick, who is studying food and nutrition at the University of Alabama.
Tuscaloosa Chapter of the National Exchange Club honors 5 officers
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 23
Police often do a job many of us can’t or don’t want to do. And for that, they are seldom told thank you. That changed Thursday as officers like Corporal Devon Nichols with the Tuscaloosa Police Department were honored as Law Enforcement Officers of the Year …The Exchange Club also honored Trooper Harold Robinson the third with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and officers Lt. Tom Kimbrell with Northport and Rodney Lucio with the University of Alabama Police.
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 23
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23
Kul B. Rai: Universities need more black faculty members
The Virginian Pilot – Feb. 23
More than five decades after Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act, black faculty ranks remain abysmally low at colleges and universities. Although the laws and customs that maintained a separation between blacks and whites have disappeared, blacks still do not enjoy equal status when seeking employment in the academic world … States that are considered politically liberal do not have higher percentages of black college professors than southern states. According to a Nov. 12, 2015, story in The Washington Post, “among the top-tier state and private universities, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, reported the highest percentage of black faculty, at 6.8 percent.”
Local achievements, Feb. 24, 2017
Waco Tribune (Texas) – Feb. 24
In the military … Students named to the honor rolls at the University of Alabama for the fall semester are: President’s list — Landry Coupe, of McGregor; Kasidy Scott, of China Spring; Rachel Sherrill, of Meridian.
Darrien News (Stamford, Connecticut) – Feb. 23
Bainbridge Island (Washington) Review – Feb. 23
Stillwater (Minnesota) Gazette – Feb. 24