Bama Blitz raises $1.8 million for University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa News – April 14
A new fundraising effort generated more than $1.8 million in donations, University of Alabama officials said Friday. Bama Blitz began Wednesday and ended Thursday. The timeframe for the inaugural fundraiser was one day, eight hours and 31 minutes, in recognition of 1831, the year UA was founded. Donors from 48 states pledged $1,810,269 during Bama Blitz, UA officials said. The fundraiser included “challenges” between colleges and schools within UA and gifts were charted on a real-time leaderboard online.
Mercedes-Benz, University of Alabama partner on startup challenge
College and University – April 13
Mercedes is partnering with the University of Alabama and others in a startup competition open to students and professionals. (Joe Songer/jsonger@al.com) Mercedes-Benz is partnering with several entities, including the University of Alabama, to drive innovation within the state’s college and professional startup community.
DON NOBLE: Author examines effort to ‘sell’ war’s righteousness
Tuscaloosa News – April 7
There is nowhere near the fanfare one would imagine, but these are the centennial years of World War I, the Armistice for which is famously 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918. Several Alabama historians, including Martin Oliff of Troy-Dothan, Steven Trout of University of South Alabama and Nimrod T. Frazer have all published books recently. Andrew Huebner, of the University of Alabama history department, is the author of an earlier study, “The Warrior Image: Soldiers in American Culture from the Second World War to the Vietnam Era.”
Raising a stink
China Daily – April 14
An interesting scientific experiment took place last year. It was for two reasons. One is because it is about the air expelled from the anuses of living beings, popularly known as farting. The other, because the scientists investigating asked the public to send them information through a twitter handle called #doesitfart. The information has been printed in a book with the same name … Hundreds of biologists, researchers, wildlife enthusiasts and laypersons have written in from all over the world. Nick Caruso, a PhD student at the University of Alabama, created a spreadsheet. Each entry was submitted to researchers to verify.
Kathmandu Post (India) – April 15
Motion, emotion drive UA’s “Sweeney Todd”
Tuscaloosa News – April 14
Stephen Sondheim wrote tunnel vision at the dark heart of his most-acclaimed operatic melodrama, said Seth Panitch, who is directing the production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” opening Tuesday in the Marian Gallaway Theatre … ″… He’s changed more than they have, because he’s been in prison, and yet he’s still recognizable,” said Panitch, professor of acting in the University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance. So Barker never truly saw even those he ostensibly loved. He recalls his wife, Lucy, as beautiful, but little else.
Seven Small Things People Use To Decide If They Like You
Koptiam Bot (Indonesia) – April 15
The human brain is hardwired to judge. This survival mechanism makes it very hard to meet someone without evaluating and interpreting their behavior. While we tend to think that our judgments are based on the content of conversations and other obvious behaviors, the research says otherwise … A study at the University of Alabama showed that, although it isn’t safe to draw assumptions about someone’s competence based on their handshake, you can accurately identify personality traits.
Aeroprobe’s patented MELD is first-ever metal 3D printing technology without melting
3ders – April 13
A start-up company based in Montgomery County, Virginia, has recently pioneered a new form of 3D printing technology that has the potential to revolutionize the metal AM field. MELD Manufacturing Corporation is a subsidiary of established tech firm Aeroprobe, and is named after its own groundbreaking 3D printing technique … The University of Alabama was one of the company’s first customers, receiving a MELD 3D printer back in January to help with its research into the recycling of military equipment into usable parts.
COLLEGE NEWS: April 15
Tuscaloosa News – April 15
University of Alabama: Jordan Hadley of Tuscaloosa was chosen to display art in the University of Alabama’s 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition at Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa, April 20-28. The exhibition features BFA candidates whose work has been selected by faculty jurors. All UA undergraduate art majors who passed the review for the BFA degree are eligible to enter the competition, juried by a committee of UA studio faculty.
UA has strong Jewish population
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 14
We have a saying about the Capstone: it is “Where Legends are Made,” and while Rabbi Kussi and Rosie Lipskier did not attend the university, their service towards it is definitely legendary. University of Alabama is actually a diverse institution where students of all races, ethnicities and religions thrive in. And while the Jewish population at this school is small, it is strong and does not go unrecognized. That’s because of organizations like Chabad.
UA Campus Veterans Association holds banquet
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 13
The University of Alabama Campus Veterans Association held their annual awards and scholarship banquet today. This event helps thank those that have made a difference in the community and the program. Two-time Purple Heart recipient Evan van Nostrand delivered the keynote address at the banquet.
Doug Jones addresses University of Alabama students on net neutrality — Argues to keep FCC over regulation of the Internet
Yellowhammer News – April 16
Keeping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in charge of regulating the Internet is a key in the net neutrality debate for Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Friday at an almost-full Ferguson Center auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama, Jones hosted a forum on net neutrality and argued that Internet service providers shouldn’t play favorites with content.
MILITARY NEWS: April 15
Tuscaloosa News—April 15
University of Alabama cadet Trevor Hearing of Tuscaloosa received the Air Force Reserve Officer Trainings Corps Silver Valor Award on April 1. This award is given to a cadet who has portrayed a voluntary act of heroism and is the second highest award the U.S. Air Force gives ROTC Cadets. Only a few of these awards are given out yearly. On Sept. 22, 2017, Hearing responded to a man who had been struck by a vehicle.
Crimson Stage play short but ambitious
Crimson White – April 16
Though the average UA theatre production boasts extravagant costumes, sets and lighting design, “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard” strips the stage down to its barest bones and seeks to tell a compelling story with only two actors. Tonight, Monday, April 15, the Crimson Stage production of “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard” will run at 7:30 p.m. in Ferguson Center room 3104. Admission is $5 at the door. The cast also presented a show last night.