UA English professor earns writing award
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 18
Award-winning author and University of Alabama English professor Trudier Harris has been named winner of the 2018 Clarence E. Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing. She is a distinguished research professor in UA’s department of English. Her work focuses on the experiences and writings of women and African-Americans in the Southeast United States. Harris, a Tuscaloosa native, received an undergraduate degree from Stillman College and a doctorate from Ohio State University. She is the author or editor of more than two dozen books as well as the recipient of multiple awards in writing and teaching.
Diverse – Feb. 17
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Feb. 17
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College and University – Feb. 17
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – Feb. 17
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Biloxi Sun-Herald (Mississippi) – Feb. 17
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Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 17
Belleville News-Democrat (Washington) – Feb. 17
Bradenton Herald (Florida) – Feb. 17
Island Packet (South Carolina) – Feb. 17
Idaho Statesman – Feb. 17
Kentucky.com – Feb. 17
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) – Feb. 17
San Francisco Gate – Feb. 17
Fresno Bee (California) – Feb. 17
Washington Times – Feb. 17
Seattle Times – Feb. 17
UA students hold dance marathon to benefit children’s hospital
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 17
The annual University of Alabama Dance Marathon was Saturday on campus at the Ferguson Student Center. The student-led fundraiser benefits the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham. The organization’s goal was to raise $450,000 for the miracle network.
Crimson White – Feb. 19
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 17
UA student technology advances outside of research
Crimson White – Feb. 19
Four students on campus have come together to create an accessible combination of technology and sports to improve players’ softball and baseball game, originally thanks to the UA Emerging Scholars program. “I kind of took to computers from an early age and I wasn’t satisfied with just playing with Microsoft Paint,” Jacob Zarobsky, a graduate student studying computer science, said. “I wanted to make them do something for me.”
What Do Robert Mueller’s Latest Indictments Actually Mean for the Russian Investigation?
Independent Journal Review – Feb. 16
The Justice Department dropped a bombshell on Friday, charging 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for illegally using social media platforms to meddle in 2016 presidential election — but what’s next? High-profile trials? Subpoenas? … While University of Alabama law professor and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance agrees with Tenenbaum that extradition, and therefore a trial, is unlikely, ultimately Vance argues the purpose of these indictments may be more proactive considering the upcoming 2018 midterm elections are already a projected target.
All Things Considered – National Public Radio (NPR) – Feb. 17
MSNBC (National) – Feb. 17
Here’s who owns guns around the world and what laws work
MSNBC – Feb. 16
Ali Velshi breaks down gun ownership in America and Associate Professor at the University of Alabama’s Department of Criminal Justice Adam Lankford joins.
KNOE-CBS (Monroe, Louisiana) – Feb. 16
KAQY-ABC (Monroe, Louisiana) – Feb. 16
KPHO-CBS (Phoenix, Arizona) – Feb. 16
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KCOY-CBS (Santa Barbara, California) – Feb. 16
4 robots that aim to teach your kids to code
All on Georgia – Feb. 18
You’ve seen apps and toys that promise to teach your child to code. Now enter the robots. At the CES electronics show in January, coding robots came out in force … But experts like Jeff Gray, a computer science professor at the University of Alabama and an adviser to the nonprofit coding education group Code.org, say kids can derive other benefits from coding robots and similar toys. They can, for instance, learn “persistence and grit” when the toys inevitably do something unintended, he says.
Frederick News Post (Maryland) – Feb. 17
Columbian (Washington) – Feb. 17
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Illinois) – Feb. 17
Discussion focuses on rural retail recruiting
Florence Times Daily – Feb. 18
It became part of Sheffield Mayor Ian Sanford’s routine during his early days as mayor. Sanford would call and write restaurant and retail franchises, trying to convince them to consider opening a location in Sheffield … During the event, officials with the University of Alabama’s Center for Economic Development discussed the types of information retailers and restaurant officials seek in a community.
UA students take part in Create-a-thon
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 17
The capstone agency hosted their 24 -hour pro Bono marketing marathon, the create-a-thon, Friday to help assist non-profits throughout Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Seventy-five members of the capstone agency will stay all night in Reese Phifer Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama to help these nonprofits get the materials they are not able to obtain on their own. Capstone Agency is developing communication’s plans, logos, and promoting events for the organizations they are handling.
School shooter Nikolas Cruz survived: Will it help us understand?
MSN.com – Feb. 18
The carnage at Stoneman Douglas High School shared all of the horror of America’s worst mass shootings. But one scene was unusual – the shooter Nikolas Cruz being led away alive in handcuffs. Of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern history, 19-year-old Cruz is the only shooter to survive. Gunmen in Orlando, Virginia Tech, Las Vegas and Sandy Hook either killed themselves or were shot dead by police … Research has shown that almost all mass shooters are suicidal, said Adam Lankford, a criminology professor at the University of Alabama who has written extensively on the subject. “A lot of offenders who actually survived wanted to or expected to die,” he said.
Frederick News-Post (Maryland) – Feb. 17
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) – Feb. 17
South Florida Sun Sentinel – Feb. 17
Miami Herald – Feb. 17
Arca Max – Feb. 17
UA Law Students providing free legal advice to veterans at Tuscaloosa’s VA Medical Center
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 17
The Tuscaloosa VA medical center has teamed up with the University of Alabama Law School to provide free legal advice to veterans. Students from the law school started the walk-in clinic to make it easier for veterans to speak with a lawyer about their legal needs. Veterans can ask advice on a variety of topics and are provided a consultation regarding their next steps.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 17
What Explains Mass Shootings? Consider These Data
Diane Ravitch’s blog – Feb. 17
The New York Times posted a graph that helps to explain mass shootings … ”Americans make up about 4.4 percent of the global population but own 42 percent of the world’s guns. From 1966 to 2012, 31 percent of the gunmen in mass shootings worldwide were American, according to a 2015 study by Adam Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama.”
The time for action is now
Citrus County Chronicle (Florida) – Feb. 18
The phrase “our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims” is becoming such a commonly spoken, posted and tweeted term that it is starting to lose its effect … A study out of the University of Alabama that examined public mass shootings in 171 countries concluded that while America makes up only 5 percent of the world’s population, we have 31 percent of the world’s mass shootings.
We’re #1 and Yeman’s #2 – And here’s the reason why
Democratic Underground – Feb. 17
Americans make up about 4.4 percent of the global population but own 42 percent of the world’s guns … From 1966 to 2012, 31 percent of the gunmen in mass shootings worldwide were American, according to a 2015 study by Adam Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama.
Dancers to present largest Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre ever
Crimson White – Feb. 19
The backstage buzzes with movement and excitement. Dancers are stretching and running through their routines as others are fitted into costumes. On the other side of the curtain, the audience murmurs with anticipation. It is now only moments before Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre dancers will take the stage. From Tuesday, Feb. 20 to Saturday, Feb. 24, student dancers are set to perform the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre Spring 2018 dance concert at Morgan Auditorium.
University of Alabama President’s List and Dean’s List fall 2017
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 18
A total of 12,594 students enrolled during the 2017 fall semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load. For a complete listing visit tuscaloosanews.com.
Florence Times Daily – Feb. 18
College and University – Feb. 18
Achievements: Area youths honored (Feb. 18)
Joplin Globe (Missouri) – Feb. 18
Shelter Insurance Foundation and Joy A. Long are currently accepting applications toward the award of two local high school scholarships … TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Whitney Marie Kitchell, of Mount Vernon, received a Master of Science in human environmental sciences at the University of Alabama.
Sharon Herald (Pennsylvania) – Feb. 18
Middletown Times Herald-Record (New York) – Feb. 18
Oneonta Daily Star (New York) – Feb. 16
Rome Sentinel (Georgia) – Feb. 16
Gonzales Weekly Citizen (Louisiana) – Feb. 16
Civil Rights Museum excursion helps celebrate Black History Month
Crimson White – Feb. 15
What: Civil Rights Museum excursion. Who: The event will be co-sponsored by the Black Student Union and University Programs …Vice president of the Black Student Union, Darnell Sharperson, a sophomore majoring in public relations spoke about how students would benefit from this event.
THEATER REVIEW: Feminist message of ‘Vinegar Tom’ resonates with today’s reality
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 17
Even as the species gradually evolves — footwork twice up, once back — it’s frustrating to ponder how some lessons need to be re-taught with every generation. Caryl Churchill’s 1976 “Vinegar Tom” rose out of the tumult of the women’s movement, though pinning down when feminism began is as amorphously improbable as figuring when the civil rights movement started: With emancipation? With suffrage? Doubtless the roots and desires for the same freedoms assured to white males — especially those with economic clout — stretch back eons. . . . So while the University of Alabama’s production of this hammer-down parable’s a tough go, painful, strident, harsh, it’s less difficult than the reality that while surges may on the whole move forward, there’s ugly backwash after every wave.