Why popularity of vaping is growing
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 16
The popularity to vaping means big bucks for big tobacco companies, who according to a UA researcher, is where the shifts in tobacco advertisements are going. The director of the Center of Study of Tobacco and Society Dr. Alan Blum says cigarette makers are concerned their cigarette population is declining so they’re promoting vaping aggressively in ads in popular magazines like the Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated, hoping to get teens hooked. He says they are selling glamorous images of vaping to get impressionable young people to conform and it’s working.
Study Reveals Obstacles Faced by Black Men in Doctoral Programs in Engineering
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education – April 16
A new study led by Brian A. Burt, an assistant professor in the School of Education at Iowa State University, examines the experiences of Black men in doctoral programs in engineering. The six-year study found that for Black men in these graduate degree programs, race was a greater obstacle than they expected. Dr. Burt and his coauthors – Krystal Williams of the University of Alabama and William Smith of the University of Utah – found that Black men in Ph.D. programs in engineering faced difficulties as a result of structural inequalities and a lack of support from faculty and colleagues.
EO Wilson wins Pulitzer Prize on this day in Alabama history
WYDE-FM (Birmingham) – April 16
On this day in 1979 in Alabama history, writer Edward Wilson is awarded one of his two Pulitzer prizes for the nonfiction book on human nature. Wilson was born in Birmingham and raised in Mobile and Decatur. He attended the University of Alabama then went on to Harvard University and an internationally acclaimed career in the sciences.
Nick Saban takes part in Lemon Face challenge for Aubrie’s Army
KDAF-CW (Dallas, Texas) – April 16
We all remember the Ice Bucket Challenge. It helped to raise millions of dollars for the fight against ALS. Now there is a new challenge involving lemons. The Lemon Face Challenge is raising funds to combat DIPG, which is a rare form of cancer in the brain stem.
KTLA-CW (Los Angeles, California) – April 16