UA holds commencement ceremony
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 16
The University of Alabama’s Fall commencement ceremony was today at Coleman Coliseum. Over 2,200 graduates received their diplomas today. If you missed the ceremony, it will be available on UA.edu/commencement.
UA student who lost parents plans to help kids
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 16
Among the students getting their diplomas is a young woman who had a rough time when she was younger, but will use her degree to help children going through similar situations. In the span of 22 months, Kaitlyn Jacoby lost both her parents to cancer. She became a ward of the state before her sister became her legal guardian, and moved her to Iowa. Kaitlyn previously lived in Birmingham with her parents, and chose the CAPSTONE because of her father’s love for the school. She’ll be getting her bachelors in early childhood education.
Why Struggling Hedge Fund Managers Give to Charity
Bloomberg – Dec. 18
A donation to a worthy cause during the holidays gets you a warm feeling, a tax deduction and maybe a better world for the kids. Some hedge fund managers give for an additional reason — to get money-making assets. A check to the right charity buys access to cocktail parties and galas where they make lucrative connections and raise money, according to a recent study by university researchers.“As the charities raise funds, these guys are raising funds as well,” said Vikas Agarwal, a professor at Georgia State University’s business school who wrote the study with professors Yan Lu of the University of Central Florida and Sugata Ray of the University of Alabama. “Maybe investors get some trust and comfort when they see these guys doing good things.”
How Cops Could Cash in on Legal Weed in California
Vice – Dec. 18
Next month, recreational marijuana sales will officially be legal in California. But instead of a bacchanalian scene where previously surreptitious stoners share the sidewalks with suburban dads blazed off fizzy, cannabis-infused root beers, the transition to a post-prohibition California is almost certain to be a messy one. Since passage of Proposition 64 in November 2016, the state has been slowly wading through the regulatory issues and legal grey areas surrounding recreational weed. This despite the state’s long and well-documented history of liberal (ostensibly) medicinal marijuana use, which dates to the 1990s and has amounted, in some instances, to a climate of quasi-legalization. . . . It’s this kind of anti-weed enforcement action that University of Alabama law Professor Julie Hill, who has written extensively about the legality of marijuana businesses and their banking issues, predicted we could see plenty more over the next few years. Such raids that can have a chilling effect on the pot industry as a whole.
UA hockey player honors memory of victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
WHNT-CBS (Huntsville) – Dec. 15
One Connecticut native is keeping the memories of the sandy hook victims alive through hockey. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA hockey player Jonathan Lovorn is honoring one victim at each of the last 26 games of his college career. Every game is dedicated to a victim and their family.
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University of Alabama Law Professor says office romances can help productivity
National Public Radio – All things Considered (National) – Dec. 15
University of Alabama law professor Daiquiri Steele says there are studies that show office romances can increase job satisfaction, motivation and morale overall. “Office romances have also been found to lead to increased creativity, to add more dynamic energy to the workplace,” but when they go wrong she says former office romances can lead to decreased productivity and charges of sexual harassment. “Employers can not figure this out.”
Operation Deep Dive to Examine Veteran Suicide Causes and Factors
WFAB (Louisiana) – Dec. 18
America’s Warrior Partnership, University of Alabama researchers and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation have partnered on a four-year research study that will examine the factors and potential causes involved in suicides and early mortality due to self-harm among military veterans. Funded by a $2.9 million grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, as well as additional investment from America’s Warrior Partnership and other in-kind supporters, “Operation Deep Dive” will use unique methodologies that have never before been applied to the research of veteran suicides. The goals of the research study are to identify the risk factors that lead to suicide within veteran communities and help guide the development of programs to prevent and reduce self-harm among veterans.
WSFA (Montgomery) – Dec. 18
Military Technologies News – Dec. 18
An Experiment in Success: Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Allows Schools to Test Models to Improve Recruitment, Retention of Underrepresented Groups
Insight Into Diversity – Dec. 18
In 1964, in response to existing and projected shortages in the nursing workforce, Congress passed legislation aimed at funding efforts to develop a more robust pool of registered nurses — effectively setting a positive precedent regarding the federal government’s support for educational nurse training programs. Since then, as the need for more nurses has increased, so has the need for a nursing workforce that better represents our country’s diverse citizenry. . . . As the U.S. Hispanic population continues to grow, the University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing has taken on the urgent and complex task of increasing the number of Latino nurses, specifically those with a bachelor’s degree or higher. In partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), the college created the BAMA-Latino Project — BAMA stands for Alabama — to drive the recruitment of this important group using a four-year, $1.8 million NWD grant from HRSA (#D19HP30858-01-00).