Rick Bragg and ‘The Best Cook in the World’
Al.com – April 23
By his own admission, Rick Bragg couldn’t bake a decent biscuit if you held a shotgun to his head and made him do it. Frying chicken is lost on him, too. So is fixing cornbread. But his mother, Margaret Bragg, now, that woman can cook … “She just knows,” her son says in his office at the University of Alabama, where he teaches courses in literary journalism and magazine writing.
The Connection Between Russia and Two Green Groups Fighting Fracking in US
Tennessee Star – April 23
New Yorkers who are missing out on the natural gas revolution could be victims of Russian spy operations that fund popular environmental groups, current and former U.S. government officials and experts on Russia worry …Julie Hill, a professor at University of Alabama School of Law with expertise in regulation of financial institutions, told The Daily Signal that it is not “as easy as it was at one time to engage in money laundering” in places such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
USSA News – April 23
Celebration of Differences highlights diversity on campus
Crimson White – April 22
Many student organizations came together to host the Celebration of Differences event in the Ferguson Student Center Thursday. Spectrum, Blend, Better Together, and SGA worked together to put on this celebration for students. The Black Student Union partnered with them to celebrate their 50th anniversary of existence. Darnell Sharperson, a sophomore majoring in public relations and the soon-to-be president of BSU, said the Celebration of Differences was the kickoff event for celebrating BSU’s 50th anniversary.
Experts talk tech, media, privacy complexities
Gainesville.com (Florida) – April 22
The intersection of technology, media and privacy is complicated. The University of Florida’s Levin College of Law hosted a conference Friday to make sense of the overlays, priorities and significance of each on laws around the world … And because some media outlets have a near-monopoly on social networks and search engines, “even informed consent isn’t truly voluntary,” said Ronald Krotoszynski, director of faculty research and the University of Alabama’s law school. He said more competition could balance out Google and Microsoft.
Autocar Opens Assembly Plant in Birmingham, Alabama
Area Development – April 20
Autocar opened its $120 million heavy-duty work truck assembly plant in Birmingham, Alabama. The facility is expected to employ 746 associates at full production … Once fully operational, the Autocar facility will generate $645.1 million in annual economic impact, which includes a nearly $229 million annual contribution to Alabama’s GDP and $130 million in earnings to Alabama households from 2,655 direct and indirect jobs, according to a study by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Fundraising, ethics upfront in lieutenant governor’s primary
Decatur Daily – April 22
Three million dollars have poured into the Alabama lieutenant governor’s race as four candidates vie for a statewide position with limited responsibilities other than succeeding the governor … Analyst and former University of Alabama politics professor William Stewart said Ivey would be unlikely to run for a second term.
Florence Times Daily – April 22
INNOVATIONS FOR INVESTIGATING THE PLANT TREE OF LIFE
Global Plant Council – April 22
Advances in genome sequencing have resulted in vast amounts of genetic information being produced for ever-increasing numbers of species, but we are still just scratching the surface … Newly developed phylogenetic approaches often allow these challenges to be tackled in unique ways. Co-editor Michael McKain, Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama and curator of the University of Alabama Herbarium, enthused about a paper by Tovar et al. outlining a method for collecting data from images of plants using the affordable Raspberry Pi computers, which he plans to try with his undergraduate students. In another article, Endara et al.
COLLEGE NEWS: April 22
Tuscaloosa News – April 22
University of Alabama: Students representing majors from across the University of Alabama campus pitched their business plans to judges in the Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition Tuesday, March 27 at the Bryant Conference Center. John Fletcher of Tuscaloosa was part of the following team and won this honor: High Five Studios LLC, Grand Prize Winner.
How Alabama could become ‘Ground Zero’ in renewed battle over Confederate symbols
Al.com – April 22
Two competing narratives of the Civil War and the Southern Reconstruction will intersect once again this week. This time, national attention over the opening of the nation’s first-ever lynching memorial will serve as the backdrop … Said Joshua Rothman, chairman of the history department at the University of Alabama, “The narratives sit side-by-side. When they are brought into the conversation with each other, you realize the narrative becomes more complicated than ‘Yes, we have both.'”
MELD – 3D printing technology made of metal without the need of melting and laser sintering
CD3D (Poland) – April 22
The American startup MELD Manufacturing Corporation has developed a new incremental technology that can revolutionize 3D metal printing. The patented method is the first method in the world for the production of metal parts without the need for any metal melting … The first device in which this technology was used is the B8 3D printer that is currently being sold. One of the first customers to receive this device is the University of Alabama.
THEATER REVIEW: UA show goes straight for throat, heart
Tuscaloosa News – April 18
Seth Panitch’s “Sweeney Todd” is still about a foolish barber and his wife. But the director found an angle through the man who could describe his wife only as beautiful — nothing more specific, about demeanor, or personality — and himself as bewilderingly unable to see … In what could be an in-joke, William Green rises from a morgue table for what will likely be his final performance at the University of Alabama: The towering third-year master of fine arts candidate began his run here as the staggering, groaning creature of spare dead parts in “Young Frankenstein.”
IS THERE A GENDER GAP IN CEO COMPENSATION?
Bullfax – April 21
Vishal Gupta is associate professor of Management; Sandra Mortal is associate professor of Economics, Finance, & Legal Studies; and Xiaohu Guo is a PhD candidate at the University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce. This post is based on their recent article, forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal.
Our research examines whether there is a gender pay gap in CEO compensation. Issues surrounding the gender pay gap have attracted considerable academic and media attention over the past few decades (Blau & Kahn, 2017). The growing presence of women in CEO roles has spurred interest in understanding how gender may affect the treatment of those who, against significant odds, manage to reach the top of the organizational hierarchy.
UA to hold A-Day
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 20
The Alabama crimson tide takes on a tough, but familiar opponent this weekend, themselves! The Crimson and White will square off against each other tomorrow in Bryant-Denny stadium, during the University of Alabama’s annual A-Day game. The university is expecting tens of thousands of fans to attend this year’s game.
WAFF-NBC (Huntsville) – April 20
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 20
UA holds A-Day
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 21
Tajma Henderson is a sophomore at UA from Chicago, Illinois. She says football here is very different from football back home. “I haven’t really been much of a football fan, and so just to see these big crowds or something, that’s shocking to me. I didn’t know that it was such a big sport for everybody here. It‘s just good to be a part of that culture. I’m just really excited to actually experience it and see what it’s like.
Oldest female quarterback returns to campus
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 20
Marie Carastro told us she is the oldest living UA quarterback. According to her, UA had a ladies’ football team back in the 1940s called the Bumble Bees. Carastro was the quarterback. They played in the Honey Bowl in 1946. Tickets were $1.
Lost football found
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 20
Former University of Alabama football player Wesley Britt returned to his home after the tornado to find that much of it had been destroyed. Among the missing possessions was a football signed by his former Alabama football teammates. The football traveled over ten miles in the tornado, before someone found it in their driveway.
College Notes
Fredericksburg.com (VA) – April 22
Natalie Cox of Stafford County was chosen to display art in The University of Alabama’s 2018 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition at Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa, Ala.