New UA study looks at seatbelt, crash statistics
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – May 21
A new University of Alabama study shows a person not wearing a seatbelt in a car crash is 40 times more likely to die than those who buckle up.
WDAM 7 (Moselle, Mississippi) – May 21
WTOC 11 (Savannah, Georgia) – May 21
NBC 5 (Memphis, Tennessee) – May 21
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – May 21
ABC 9 (Columbus, Georgia) – May 21
ABC 10 (Albany, Georgia) – May 21
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 21
UA financial planner offers advice on getting around rising gas prices
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – May 21
Gas prices traditionally rise as we get closer to the summer traveling season. But a financial planner says there are ways you can plan ahead when it comes rising prices at the pump … Rich Stebbins teaches financial planning at the University of Alabama. He believes simple planning could save drivers more money during the summer travel season. “If you plan ahead you can use apps like google maps and if you say find a gas station along the route it’ll take you where the lowest price is,” Stebbins mentioned.
NBC 5 (Memphis, Tennessee) – May 21
ABC 10 (Albany, Georgia) – May 21
ABC 9 (Columbus, Georgia) – May 21
What Texans think causes mass shootings and what they get wrong
Houston Chronicle – May 21
After a 17-year-old shooter left 10 dead in Santa Fe last week, Texas has once again become the nation’s latest example in the epidemic of mass shootings. “There’s been too damn many of these,” Cruz told reporters following the school shooting. “Texas has seen too many of these.” … To understand how closely public opinion aligns with reality, Chron.com reached out to Adam Lankford, a criminology professor at the University of Alabama whose 2015 study of mass shootings in 171 countries has been widely cited.
My San Antonio – May 21
Laredo Morning Times – May 21
Finalists for Harper Lee Prize announced
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – May 21
The former Alabama law student authorized the prize before her death. The prize is presented by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal.
WBHM-FM (Birmingham) – May 21
Two UA graduates in Miss USA competition
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – May 21
That’s 23-year-old Hannah Brown from Northport. She’s a graduate of the University of Alabama and currently works as an interior designer in Tuscaloosa. Miss Massachusetts USA is 27-year-old Allissa Latham, also from Tuscaloosa, but now living in Lowell, Massachusetts. She’s also a graduate of the University of Alabama, and works in healthcare management and is currently pursuing a MBA degree.
Grave relocations needed for Tuscaloosa road project
Tuscaloosa News – May 21
Before the Alabama Department of Transportation can proceed with a project to add lanes, eliminate median crossovers and optimize traffic flow along the McFarland Boulevard corridor, it must first deal with the relocation of some unmarked graves … Last year, ALDOT contracted with the University of Alabama’s Office of Archeological Research to survey the property along the McFarland Boulevard corridor and identify any potential locations of gravesites. Using ground-penetrating radar, the UA crew located several graves in the old Bryce Hospital cemetery north of Jack Warner Parkway.
UA Professor: School shooters want infamy
KLBJ-AM (Austin, Texas) – May 21
A professor from the University of Alabama who studies these school shootings. That’s his focus. He was quoted in the Washington Post on Saturday as saying these guys all try to copy the ones that come before them and they want to outdo the previous ones, and they want even more infamy, notoriety, fame in the media coverage.
Eight writers to be honored
Tuscaloosa News – May 21
The Alabama Writers Hall of Fame will induct eight new members in its third class, including University of Alabama alumni Winston Groom and Gay Talese. The induction ceremony will be Thursday at UA’s Bryant Conference Center on campus.
‘Atticus Finch’ tackles tough questions about an American icon
Christian Science Monitor – May 18
Like generations of American children before me and most likely after me, I met Atticus in the “tired old town” of Maycomb, Ala., through a required reading assignment. In Maycomb, rainy weather turned the streets to red slop and grass grew on the sidewalks … He includes columns Harper Lee wrote in college for the University of Alabama’s humor magazine, the “Rammer Jammer,” which drip with acerbic wit and pointed political commentary.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York) – May 22