Study: State, county to grow
Tuscaloosa News – March 25
Tuscaloosa County’s population is projected to grow by about 50,000 people by 2040, while outlying counties in West Alabama are expected to lose population, according researchers at the University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research in the Culverhouse College of Commerce. Overall, the state’s population is forecast to grow by 11.3 percent, or nearly 500,000 people, by 2040, driven by expected economic development and population migration trends, according to the latest projections by the center. The state population is expected to grow at 3-4 percent per decade.
Forecast: Limestone County to pass Morgan in population by 2040
Decatur Daily – March 26
Imagine a day when Limestone County has more residents than Morgan County and Lawrence County has shrunk to less than a quarter the size of either. That’s what awaits the region in 2040, according to the latest projections from the Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama. Updated annually, the report is a projection of what would occur if current trends continue. “It’s partly because of urban drift. You see more movement toward higher population pockets, and that’s part of what’s driving this,” said Samuel Addy, senior research economist at the Center for Business and Economic Research.
Opera Review: Opera Birmingham: ‘The Elixir Of Love’
Arts Birmingham – March 26
Opera Birmingham‘s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” (“The Elixir of Love”) offers the 1832 opera’s fluffy, goofy escapism served with loving amounts of Alabama talent. The potion of the opera’s title is supplied to a Basque peasant by a huckster named Dulcamara, played by University of Alabama professor Paul Houghtaling, who was an impossible-to-ignore Dulcamara. Stealing the night along with the villagers’ cash, he gave more depth to the character than one could expect, presenting his character as a conman baffled by his victims’ naïveté – a doddery old fool, a skinflint, and a partying sensualist.
Science Says Tattoos Could Be Good for Your Health
Brit.co – March 25
We’ve all heard the negatives associated with tattoos — they hurt, they can influence potential employer perceptions, they can lead to regret and painful removal, the list goes on and on. But science just scored one major point for the positives associated with body art that may have you rethinking your doubts … A newly published study in the American Journal of Human Biology by researchers at the University of Alabama has discovered that getting tattoos can not only enhance your outward appearance, but your inner health, as well.
MSN.com – March 26
Capstone School of Nursing holds Emergency Nursing Seminar
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 24
Dozens of emergency room nurses gathered at The University of Alabama. Members of the Alabama Council of Emergency Nurses Association learned new techniques they can use at their hospitals. Organizers says they have to keep up with new research coming out and apply that to their standard practices.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – March 24
When shall we overcome?
Business Ghana – March 24
As I do at every annual commemoration of our hard won independence from colonial subjugation, this year I waited for our newly elected president to share his thoughts and reflections on our history and our promise to the younger generations. (T. P. Manus Ulzen is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Alabama and Author of Java Hill: An African Journey – A historiography of Ghana)
Focus student notes: March 24, 2017
Lake Country Now (Waukesha County, Wisconsin) – March 24
St. Mary’s – Joseph Seegers of Oconomowoc has been named to the 2016 fall dean’s list at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota … University of Alabama – Margaret Fitch of Oconomowoc was named to the 2016 fall president’s list at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Lake Country Now (Waukesha County, Wisconsin) – March 24
Carlisle Sentinel (Pennsylvania) – March 24
Herald Dispatch (Huntington, West Virginia) – March 24
Tourism booster announced for April 23-29 in Ghana
CypressGhana.com – March 24
Tourism in Ghana is the fourth highest foreign exchange earner with a huge potential of overtaking gold, cocoa, foreign remittances and oil … The second speaker specialist Nisa Miranda, is director of the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development.
Dance Alabama! presents spring concert
Crimson White — March 27
Students stretch their legs, lace up their ballet slippers and twist their hair into buns. Choreographers and dancers turn and skip, evoking love, loss, spirituality and sheer passion. They twirl across a hardwood stage after weeks of practice and continue to hydrate in preparation for the coming event. This is no ordinary show; this is Dance Alabama! As an entirely student-choreographed organization, this semester’s Dance Alabama! will take the stage once more in presenting over 20 choreographic works. With new approaches, concepts and themes, the event aims to cover a multitude of genres and original productions.
UA Brass ensemble to perform April 2
Tuscaloosa News – March 24
The University of Alabama Brass Ensemble will perform at 4 p.m. April 2 at Christ Episcopal Church, 605 Lurleen B. Wallace Blvd. The concert will feature Skip Snead on French horn and conductor Jeremy Crawford, along with 14 other UA faculty and students on tubas, trumpets, horns and trombones. The performance is part of the church’s Concerts and Culture at Christ Church program, which is designed to bring quality arts performances to the community.
Students at UA get together every Saturday at the Alberta Gateway to teach children and anyone interested how to solve a Rubik’s Cube
Tuscaloosa News – March 26 (Video story)
Students at UA get together every Saturday at the Alberta Gateway to teach children and anyone interested how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
COLLEGE NEWS: March 26
Tuscaloosa News – March 26
Members of The University of Alabama faculty will be honored for their research contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day. As part of the celebration, 16 of the faculty were chosen as finalists for President’s Faculty Research Award, and six winners will be announced at a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. April 5 in the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus. Sponsored by the offices of the president and vice president for research and economic development, the award goes to outstanding faculty researchers from across UA’s Colleges and Schools. The winners will be a senior and junior investigator from each of three groupings: physical and biological sciences, mathematics and engineering; social and behavioral sciences; and arts and humanities.
Secret Meals for Hungry Children aims to fill a void
Tuscaloosa News – March 27
On average, Secret Meals can provide a weekend food pack — two milks, two juices, two cereal breakfasts, two lunches consisting of cans of ravioli or macaroni and cheese, and two fruit snacks or fruit cups — to a child for an entire school year with just $140. An upper-level advertising and public relations class at the University of Alabama, Concepting and Implementation, includes taking on a client as part of its curriculum, to learn how to implement public relations in the real world. One class has taken on Secret Meals as a client, and organized a fundraiser to help provide more children with food packs, aiding Alabama Credit Union in its endeavors.
Dealing with allergy season
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 24
With pollen levels at a high in Tuscaloosa, residents’ needs to make sure they take precautions. Doctors say it’s never too early to try and prevent allergies from
Fit2BTide – Body Image Awareness
90.7 The Capstone – March 24
BJ Guenther, from The University of Alabama Counseling Center and host of Brain Matters on WVUA 90.7 The Capstone on Tuesday nights at 6pm discusses with Sheena and John the various issues surrounding eating disorders and body image awareness.
Students help students via tutoring services
Crimson White – March 26
With final exams approaching in a little over a month, various resources on campus and online are extending their tutoring services to students who want classroom assistance. An online tutoring platform used in over 65 countries, HelpHub connects students and tutors by instant messaging, videos and phone calls. The sessions can vary from briefly answering a question to longer or repeated sessions. Students can search for their school and receive tutoring from someone at the same school that already took the class.
UA student athlete advisory committee holds events to bring awareness to human trafficking
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 26
UA’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee is holding a week full of events to raise awareness for human trafficking.
Nights at Maxwell hosts action painting event
Crimson White – March 26
If you walked by Maxwell Hall last Thursday afternoon, you probably saw people standing in the yard slinging, flinging and dripping colorful house-paint onto large canvasses. Though their painting style may have seemed entirely random, you might be surprised to know how much structure and planning lies behind the splatters and spills that flew from their swinging paintbrushes.
UA recognized for beautiful campus
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – March 24
The University of Alabama is being recognized for its beautiful campus. Travel and Leisure named the University the most beautiful college in the state. The magazine says it is a classic southern belle with plenty of green space, manicured landscaping and a variety of architecture.
Choirs perform at Moody Music Building
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 24
Choirs and musicians from all across Central Alabama came to The University of Alabama campus today and performed.
Creative Campus brings local flavor with A Taste of Tuscaloosa
Crimson White – March 26
Featuring storytelling and a tasting of selected dishes, Creative Campus, a student-centered advocacy organization dedicated to providing a voice for cultural arts around campus, will host a presentation to showcase southern foods and discuss their impact on the community. In preparation for the event, Creative Campus’ Twitter account has been tweeting their favorite dishes, including sweet tea, fried catfish and collard greens.
The real estate industry has something the Internet can’t offer: The human element
Washington Post – March 17
Steve Murray sometimes gets together with other old-timers in the real estate industry, shares some wine and inevitably gets around to remarking, “I sure would’ve thought it would’ve changed more by now.” … “The industry was fearful of the internet. They didn’t think they’d have jobs,” said Leonard Zumpano, a retired finance professor who for years ran the University of Alabama’s Real Estate Research Center.
Chicago Daily Herald – March 26
College of Community Health Sciences to hold Brussel Sprout Challenge (Live Interview)
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 24
Tomorrow is the annual Brussel Sprout Challenge. It was started by The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and it’s part of the American Heart Association’s West Alabama Heart Walk. Dr. Richard Streiffer is here to talk about it.