UA receives $5 million donation
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 26
A $5 million donation will help build a high-tech cyber security lab and fund research in business-data intelligence at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Birmingham Business Journal – Sept. 26
UA Law Professor Joyce Vance comments on Roy Moore’s win the GOP Run-off Election in Alabama (Live Interview)
MSNBC (All in with Chris Hayes) – Sept. 27
Joining me now is an expert from the state of the modern GOP conservative Jennifer Ruben, and someone well versed on what is actually happening in Alabama, former U.S. Attorney and University of Alabama law professor Joyce Vance.
What’s at stake in the battle for Jeff Sessions’ old Senate seat
ABC 7 (San Francisco, California) – Sept. 26
Today, Alabama Republicans will vote in a primary runoff for the Senate seat previously occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions … According to Richard Fording, a professor of political science at the University of Alabama, this election “will continue to be influenced by Trump” and that “it will flat out be a referendum on his performance as president.”
Turnout doesn’t reflect campaign intensity
Florence Times-Daily – Sept. 26
Voters stayed home in droves in Tuesday’s special Senate election runoff, belying the intensity of the campaign advertising … Bill Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama, said voters were in a protest state of mind, and Moore is adept at protesting what he doesn’t like.
Low turnout aids Moore; Trump had little effect in race
Florence Times-Daily – Sept. 26
Voters stayed home in droves in today’s special Senate election runoff, belying the intensity of the campaign advertising … Bill Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama, said voters were in a protest state of mind, and Moore is adept at protesting what he doesn’t like. “Moore is a better speaker, he has better charismatic appeal,” he said. “Luther Strange spent many years lobbying for his clients in Washington. That’s not very popular with voters today, that you owe much of your success lobbying for special interests.”
Massey lecturer serves as PR professor-in-residence
Live News – Sept. 27
A Massey University senior lecturer has had the chance to put theory into practice with the awarding of a prestigious fellowship … Dr Jenny Hou was named as a Plank Fellow earlier in the year by the global Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, based out of the University of Alabama.
Voxy (New Zealand) – Sept. 27
News Transcript On Campus
Central Jersey – Sept. 26
Daniel Harrison of Colts Neck has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Strengthening ties: Faculty program opens doors for academic collaboration throughout the SEC
The Battalion (College Station, Texas) – Sept. 26
Throughout this year, six A&M faculty members will visit various Southeastern Conference universities for research, lecture presentations, grant proposals and more. . . . The trip is an opportunity to both advance cosmological studies and increase A&M’s presence throughout the nation according to university distinguished professor in the department of physics, Nicholas Suntzeff. Suntzeff will travel to the University of Alabama at the end of October to present both professional and public lectures. “I am trying to establish personal relations with astronomers in the southeastern United States … We need to unite our astronomers more so we can have more of a united front because otherwise we get leveraged out of most discussions by California universities and northeastern universities,” Suntzeff said.