Teachers learn new technology at Tech Meet Tuscaloosa conference
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – May 31
Teachers in west Alabama are learning ways to better incorporate technology into their classes. More than a dozen of them gathered in at the University of Alabama for the “Tech Meet Tuscaloosa” conference. Certified Master Technology teachers learned how to use a variety of technology from robotics, Google Classroom and how to teach and coding among other topics. “We’re in a technological world. There’s no going back on technology. It’s not going to disappear. It’s only getting bigger and better,” said Katherine Baxter, a teacher from Tuscaloosa’s Central Elementary School. The one-day program was free to area teachers.
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Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place
91.3 WKMS (Murray, Kentucky) – June 1
With the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, residents in coastal areas throughout the Southeast are once again being urged to have a plan ready if they have to evacuate … Senkbeil, a meteorologist at the University of Alabama, studies how emergency managers communicate risk in hurricanes. During the Irma evacuation, he interviewed people at rest stops on Florida’s interstates. Many said, when they made the decision to evacuate, Irma was still a Category 4 or 5 hurricane.
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Joyce Vance comments on President’s pardons (Live interview)
MSNBC (National) Deadline: White House – May 31
With us from “The New York Times, ” justice reporter Matt Apuzzo who broke that story last night, and from the Washington Post Phil Rucker, also former U.S. attorney and law professor at the University of Alabama, Joyce Vance, and former FBI assistant director for counter intelligence Frank Figliuzzi, all MSNBC analysts…Joyce Vance, is he walking that line in a way that is compromising this investigation?
SummerTide performs “Pump Boys and Dinettes” in Gulf Shores (Live interview)
WALA-Fox (Mobile) – May 31
SummerTide, the University of Alabama’s professional Summer theater is back for the season in Gulf Shores. This year they are performing the musical comedy “Pump Boys and Dinettes.” Here to tell us more about it, we have Ally and Josh.
Local students engage in the arts
The Herald News (Joliet, Illinois) – May 31
Wheaton College student Samantha Solatka of Lockport performed with Women’s Chorale during their Spring Tour of Minnesota and Iowa … Lisa Meister of Manhattan exhibited in The University of Alabama’s “EXIT 2018” senior art show. The exhibit was in April and showcased. graduating seniors’ work in ceramics, digital media, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media.
‘The Little Mermaid’ production will honor late Hillcrest High student Anna Kamplain
Tuscaloosa News – May 31
Some proceeds from this weekend’s production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” will benefit a charity that honors the memory of a late Hillcrest High School freshman … LeeAnna Sparks, a University of Alabama student, portrays Ariel. Sparks she said that ever since she was a little girl, she believed she shared personality traits with the mermaid. “She is fun-loving, adventurous, and determined,” Sparks said.
Social Media’s Role in Democracy (Panel Discussion)
CSPAN (National) – May 31
Let me start with George Hawley, second from your right. George is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama. He has written, “Making Sense of the Alt Right.”
RIVER ENGINEERING IMPACTS
Civil and Structural Engineer Magazine – May 31
A new study has revealed for the first time the last 500-year flood history of the Mississippi River. It shows a dramatic rise in the size and frequency of extreme floods during the last century — mostly due to projects to straighten, channelize, and bound the river with artificial levees … Matthew Therrell, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama used annual tree rings to reconstruct a detailed record of more recent regional flooding. Combining these methods, the team traced the history of floods back over 500 years — about 350 years further back in time than the oldest written flood records.
Alabama inmate gets support for clemency from Kim Kardashian
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – May 31
An inmate at an Alabama prison is receiving support in her request for clemency from Kim Kardashian-West, who spent Wednesday at the White House encouraging President Trump to end her sentence … “These blanket sentencing policies don’t work very well,” said Jenny Carroll, a law professor at the University of Alabama. “This woman is a classic example of someone, who she can go out and she can be a productive member of the community. And we should give her that opportunity.”
Riley Institute At Furman Announces Afterschool & Expanded Learning Policy Fellows
GSA Biz Wire – May 31
Sixteen leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation … Felicia Simpson, Contract and Grants Administrator, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).
EPCC Students Selected for University of Alabama Pre-Law Program
El Paso Herald Post (Texas) – May 31
The University of Alabama School of Law has announced the selection of two El Paso Community College (EPCC) Criminal Justice students to their Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program. Evelyn Barraza and Adriana Franco were two of thirty chosen nationwide for this high honor.
KTSM-NBC (El Paso, Texas) – May 31
Top 40 Radio Has a Rap Problem
Rolling Stone – May 31
“If you’re an artist and you’re signed to a major label, you want to be on the radio, especially if you’re popular,” Kanye West told Power 105.1’s Charlamagne tha God in May … The modern system of radio formats dates back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to Eric Weisbard, an associate professor at the University of Alabama and the author of Top 40 Democracy: The Rival Mainstreams of American Music.
Razzle Tazzle – May 31
Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Who Said ‘Demons’ Made Him Kill, Shown on Video Plotting Massacre
Christian Post – May 31
Shortly before Nikolas Cruz carried out a massacre at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, the 19-year-old recorded himself laughing as he plotted to kill at least 20 of his former schoolmates “with an AR-15 and a couple tracer rounds.” … Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama also told the publication that Cruz exhibited all three hallmarks of school shooters in the video — suicidal ideation, perceived victimization and a desire for attention or fame. “I was struck by the fact that he seemed so textbook,” Lankford noted.
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