University of Alabama researcher connects low birth weight, racial identity
Tuscaloosa News – July 24
Research points to a link between the significance and meaning blacks attach to their race and mental and physical health. So University of Alabama assistant professor Wanda Martin Burton wondered if racial identity also had a role to play in explaining the persistent disparity between the birth weights among children of black mothers and their white counterparts.
Total Solar Eclipse 2017: How to Watch Safely and When – Newsweek
Currently.us – July 26
The total solar eclipse being called the “Great American Eclipse” will pass through 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina on August 21. Though eclipses are not rare per se, it’s uncommon for a total solar eclipse to sweep across the third most populous country in the world … But there is one safe time during the eclipse: the main event. When the moon is blocking the sun completely, the danger of the retina burning is absent. “The main thing is if you can see any of the surface of the sun directly, don’t look,” says William Keel, a University of Alabama astronomer. “During totality, look. That’s what you’re there for,” he says, explaining that those who are in the eclipse’s path of totality can remove their glasses once the moon is completely blocking, or eclipsing, the sun.
News Week – July 25
UA offers New College Life Track (Live Intervivew)
ABC 33/40 Talk of Alabama (Birmingham) – July 25
The University of Alabama, along with the standard degrees offered at most universities, also offers students a chance to design their own degree. How cool is that? New College Life Track is a program that offers specialty courses with more in-depth curriculum to cater to students’ specialties. Joining us now, Dr. Scott Jones and Dr. Margaret Purcell with more information.
Trump Struggles to Find a Leader for White House Initiative on Black Colleges
Chronicle of Higher Education – July 25
The Trump administration has made a number of public overtures to black colleges in its first six months. Chief among them: signing an executive order in February that would move the White House Initiative on historically black colleges into the West Wing, from the Department of Education … Black colleges have been sorely underfunded — and the primary function of the position is to advocate for more money, in addition to helping the colleges speak out against policies that might harm them, said Steve D. Mobley Jr., an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. The last four administrations have had an executive director in the position by July of their inaugural year in office.
Students Introduction to Engineering Keep Cool in the Pool
How to Learn – July 25
The temperatures may be rising, but high school students in the University of Alabama’s Students Introduction to Engineering keep cool in the pool. At the Recreation Center, students were doing more than just cooling off. They brought the cardboard flotation devices they had made during the week. They were testing their teams’ creations the the pool to show which design floated longest before sinking.
Director chosen for ‘Nutcracker’
Tuscaloosa News – July 25
Since George Balanchine stamped the modern “Nutcracker” template in 1954, the magic moment of a Christmas tree sprouting like an enchanted beanstalk draws oohs and aahs. It symbolizes the transition from holiday festivities into dreams, and for the time when a girl tiptoes up to the edge of womanhood … from non-dancing first-act characters, to Clara and Fritz, to the second act’s featured dancers, who range in age from Polichinelles, Mother Ginger’s small children, up to major roles filled by Tuscaloosa and University of Alabama dancers.
Examiner On Campus, July 26
CentralJersey.com – July 25
Joseph Mangrella of Millstone Township received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences of the University of New Haven, West Haven, Conn. this spring. Mangrella majored in criminal justice with a concentration in juvenile and family justice. Brandon C. Laday of Millstone Township has been named to dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Kentucky Standard – July 25
The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) – July 25
Bucks County Courier Times (Pennsylvania) – July 25
Honors & Recognition
SeaCoast Online (New Hampshire) – July 25
The University of Alabama awarded approximately 5,000 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7. Degree recipients included: Jessica Montgomery of Berwick, Maine, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Michael Keefe of Sanbornville, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
21 Thrifty Fun Ways to Make Your Dorm A Home
College Magazine – July 25
Moving into your freshman dorm is nothing like that old Extreme Home Makeovershow. It actually might be the exact opposite of the big reveal they used to do on that program … “My roommate freshman year had early classes, so having this lamp clipped on the side of my desk let me do my homework while she slept” University of Alabama sophomore Brianna Jones said.
10 Books All Georgians Should Read In 2017
Atlanta Plan It – July 24
The Georgia Center for the Book has released its annual list, “Books All Georgians Should Read.” The list contains both authors and editors. Some authors hail from Georgia, while others have a Georgia connection, and their work may pertain to the state’s history … Lillian Smith was a Georgia writer and social critic who lived from 1897 to 1966, according to UGA Press. Piedmont College English professor Lisa Hodgens and University of Alabama professor emerita Margaret Rose Gladney have added their own commentary to some of Smith’s work in this book.