Calhoun County projected to have steep drop in population in state over next 30 years
Anniston Star – March 21
Calhoun County’s population could shrink by a greater percentage than most others in the state by 2040, according to research from the University of Alabama released Monday. The report, released by the university’s Center for Business and Economic Research, projects the county’s population will decline by 5.8 percent over the next 30 years — the fifth-biggest drop in population by percentage among the state’s 67 counties. Most other metropolitan areas in Alabama will see growth, boosting the state’s total population by 11.3 percent by 2040, the report projects.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – March 21
Fox 10 (Baldwin County) – March 21
Actor Noah Wyle gets surprising news about Baton Rouge ancestor on TLC reality show
Baton Rouge Advocate (Louisiana) – March 21
“Baton Rouge, here I come!,” actor Noah Wyle says at the start of Sunday’s episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” Currently starring in TNT’s “The Librarians” and most famously on NBC’s long-running “ER,” Wyle visited the city last year seeking information about his great-great-great-grandfather, John Henry Mills … After an 1860 census shows Mills was living in Baton Rouge just before the Civil War, Wyle heads for the city, where viewers get a glimpse of the State Capitol before a stop at the Louisiana State Archives. There, Lesley Gordon, a Civil War historian from the University of Alabama, shows Wyle documentation that his ancestor enlisted in the Confederate Army in New Orleans for 90 days in March 1862, and was involved in the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee) a month later.
Rural medicine: ‘I don’t want to leave Alabama’
Montgomery Advertiser – March 17
Across the street from Ivy Creek Family Care, a yellow light blinks. It is Highway 14, where cars pass through this community coming either from the Prattville area or traveling toward Selma. It is where Lee Carter works as a family physician, seeing up to 90 patients every day with the help of two nurse practitioners, and it is a town of about 1,000 he has called home since birth. And it is the exact type of rural community that legislators are trying to attract physicians and dentists to with an extended tax credit … He became part of the Rural Medical Scholars Program based out of Tuscaloosa, where he received his doctorate from the University of Alabama School of Medicine before going through the Family Medicine Residency Program in Tuscaloosa.
The art of the book, Cuban-style, at UA Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library
Arkansas Times – March 17
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library has opened an exhibition, “Binding Communities: Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia and the Art of the Book and Entrpreneurism,” from the handmade collective in Matanzas, Cuba. Book artist Steven Miller of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa will give a talk on the show, which includes works by 71 artists, at 5 p.m. tonight, May March 17, in the Fine Arts Building, Room 161.
Alabama honors local students
White House Connection (Tennessee) – March 21
Several area students were honored by the University of Alabama for their work in the 2016 fall semester. James Edward Gibbs, Benjamin K. Silverman, Gregory B. Silverman and Sarah Cathryn Stewart, all of Goodlettsville and Joseph B. Tate of White House were all named to the President’s List.
Solo excursions on display
Tahoe Weekly (California) – March 21
Sierra Nevada College presents “Long Since the Sun Has Set,” by artist Jane Cassidy in Tahoe Gallery from April 6 to May 19. Cassidy is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Galway, Ireland. Primarily trained in music composition and animation, her main interests lie in audio-visual immersive environments, visual music, live VJing and multi-channel work. She is currently assistant professor of digital media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. There will be an artist’s talk on April 20 from 5 to 7 p.m.