Weather workshop held in Oklahoma
KSWO-ABC (Lawton, Oklahoma) – June 28
Today, the Norman National Weather Service teamed up with emergency managers and meteorologists to discuss weather-related topics, and how to prepare for big weather events…Experts from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center discussed their roles in severe weather watches and warnings. Dr. Laura Myers is a social scientist from The University of Alabama. She says communication between meteorologists and first-responders is key.
Swimming program teaches kids essential skills
Tuscaloosa News – June 27
Children at the Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA this week are sharpening their swimming skills through Swim to the Top. The four-week program, which is in its fourth year, also includes daily fitness, nutrition education and academic enrichment activities. Children between the ages of 4 and 14 are paired with swim instructors, a group that consists of graduate students in the University of Alabama’s department of kinesiology and physical education instructors and enrichment and nutrition instructors at the Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA.’’
College News: O’Fallon, Shiloh students graduate and/or named to dean’s lists
Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois) – June 28
Local student makes dean’s list: William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri has announced that Alexi Cavins, a senior from O’Fallon, has been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence during the 2017 spring semester … The University of Alabama awarded approximately 5,000 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7, including to three O’Fallon students. Gabrielle Holley of O’Fallon earned a bachelor of science in commerce and business administration.
Progress-Index (Petersburg, Virginia) – June 27
Georgetown Local (Massachusetts) – June 27
CentralJersey.com – June 27
A definitive work on Marianne Moore and other best poetry to read this month
Washington Post – June 27
New Collected Poems of Marianne Moore (FSG), edited by Heather Cass White, gives readers a fresh perspective on the legacy of Marianne Moore, considered one of America’s most influential modernist poets. Moore, whose awards included a Pulitzer Prize, was hailed for her precise language, penetrating descriptions and keen observations. She was also known for incessantly revising her poems, much to the dismay of editors who tried to create definitive editions of her selected and collected poems. In this new volume, White, a professor at the University of Alabama, presents what she believes to be the best version of Moore’s work, along with copious notes, and various versions of poems that Moore tinkered with over years or even decades.
Industrial Development Authority restructured
Gadsden Times – June 27
More than 30 years ago, when Gadsden was changing from a commission to a city council, Greg Bennett was part of a study team whose findings concluded that modern and revitalized economic development and community support were critical to the city’s growth … The restructuring was guided by research from The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce, and their Workforce Report X.
Al.com – June 27
GOP Senate candidate may lose primary over past criticism of ‘serial adulterer’ Trump
Raw Story – June 28
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is running for an open Republican Party senate seat in Alabama — but his past criticism of President Donald Trump might soon come back to haunt him. Even though Trump has poor poll ratings in much of the country, he is still very popular in Alabama. And as The Hill reports, strategists for Brooks’ Republican primary rival, Alabama Sen. Luther Strange, are considering ways to use Brooks’ past criticism of Trump against him in their race for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ old seat … Nonetheless, University of Alabama professor and local political expert William Stewart tells The Hill that Brooks’ past attacks will be strong fodder to use against him. “I think this will come back to haunt since he’s said critical things against someone who is a very popular president, at least as far as this state is concerned,” he said.
Cullman student learns about rural health
Cullman Times – June 27
Cullman County resident Josh Raney experienced college life firsthand this summer through the Rural Health Scholars program at The University of Alabama. The five-week program, offered through UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, introduces students from rural areas to college life and gives them an orientation to the need for health and medical professionals in communities like their own.