UA In the News — Aug. 10

UA In the News — Aug. 10

UA to hold 1893 Jubilee Dinner
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Aug. 9
The University is also set to recognize nearly two-dozen of its female trailblazers. It’s part of Alabama’s 125 years of women and the 1893 Jubilee Dinner. Among those the school is recognizing, late Alabama author Harper Lee.

Alt-Right Views in U.S. Spring From Common Source: Economic Woes
Bloomberg – Aug. 9
America’s white nationalist movement is complex, but there’s a common thread running through the alt-right: economic disadvantage. A year after the infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Alabama political scientist George Hawley has zeroed in on the demographics of white nationalist identification in a new analysis. He dug into survey responses from more than 3,000 non-Hispanic whites taken during the 2016 American National Election Survey.
Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) – Aug. 9
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University Of Alabama Upgraded
105.5 WERC – Aug. 9
The University of Alabama is set to finish several renovations before classes start this month. Upgrades to a dining hall, residence hall and engineering building will be finished by Aug. 22.
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Joyce Vance comments on secret recordings of U.S. Representative (Live Interview)
MSNBC – National (The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell) – Aug. 9
Leading off our discussion now, Joyce Vance, former federal prosecutor, professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. They are both MSNBC contributors. Joyce, I want to get your reaction to what we heard on those secretly recorded audio recordings at that fundraiser from Devin Nunes, including this notion that if basically if the Attorney General does his job, if Robert Mueller does his job, then we are the only ones who can save this president.

Microsoft: Winning The Cloud Wars And Becoming A Trillion Dollar Company
Seeking Alpha – Aug. 9
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Alabama pushes to bring God back into public schools, from ‘In God We Trust’ to Ten Commandments
Al.com – Aug. 9
One month after Alabama allowed “In God We Trust” displays on public property, the Blount County school board is poised to become the first system to act … “I think these bills are the beginning of a broader strategy to use religious freedom to maintain Christian power in the public sphere,” said Michael Altman, a religious studies professor at the University of Alabama.