Hewson Stock gift to University of Alabama is Largest in UA History
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Aug. 1
The University of Alabama has received a big donation, $15 million to be exact. The gift from Lockheed Martin president Marillyn Hewson and her husband is the largest one time financial contribution UA has ever received.
WYDE-FM – Aug. 1
UA to lease office space at Mobile’s GulfQuest museum
Al.com – Aug. 1
The GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico is welcoming a new tenant to its distinctive building on the Mobile waterfront: The University of Alabama.
Lagniappe Mobile – July 31
CBS 5 (Mobile) – Aug. 1
Andrew Martin to perform at Edinburgh festival
The Irmo News (South Carolina) – Aug. 1
The Yonder Contemporary Dance Company, a collective in The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance, will present a 50-minute concert titled “IRL” during the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The performances will run August 4-10. Among the students in the company is Andrew Martin of Irmo … Yonder’s “IRL” involves 15 dance majors, overseen by Sarah M. Barry, associate professor of dance. They are collaborating with five student composers from UA’s School of Music, who are overseen by Dr. Amir Zaheri, assistant professor of composition.
We Have Not ‘Come a Long Way, Baby’: Dr. Alan Blum on Smoking Cessation and Prevention
Cancer Network – Aug. 1
To mark World Lung Cancer Day on August 1st, Cancer Network spoke with Dr. Alan Blum, Professor and Gerald Leon Wallace, MD, Endowed Chair of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, where he also directs the University’s Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which he founded in 1999. Dr. Blum is an expert on the history of tobacco use, tobacco industry marketing, and the anti-smoking movement. He is a renowned pioneer in creative physician-led public advocacy initiatives to counter the promotion of unhealthy products and lethal lifestyles.
Approval for Attorney General Sessions has tanked amid Trump’s attacks, poll suggests
Yellowhammer – Aug. 1
Once so popular that he ran unopposed for re-election to the Senate in both the Republican primary and in the general election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions now finds himself under fire from all sides. Democrats across the country never much cared for him, and now Republicans hold him in low standing, as well … William Stewart, a political scientist at the University of Alabama, said he is not surprised by the poll results. “I can imagine, because the president hasn’t spoken very favorably about his attorney general,” he said.
HHS seniors attend Alabama Girls State
The Homewood Star – Aug. 1
Homewood High School seniors Mary Eliza Beaumont and Audrey Nabors attended Alabama Girls State over the summer. The civic engagement and education program, hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary, was held at the University of Alabama in June.
Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education – Aug. 1
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education … The University of Alabama received a four-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program for graduate students in nursing and to support the university’s Nurse Faculty Loan Program.
Health Matters: Salt
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 1
We know that as Americans we eat way too much salt, and there’s lots of adverse effects that come from that particularly in regard to our blood pressure and our risk to developing heart disease. But, it’s not just the salt that we add to food or that we add at cooking. The salt, the sodium is hidden in our foods.
Phelps student named to dean’s list at University of Alabama
Finger Lakes Times – Aug. 1
Leanne J. McCullough has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Bright inducted into Mortar Board at University of Alabama
Lebanon (Tennessee) Democrat – Aug. 1
William Bright, of Hermitage, was inducted into the Mortar Board honor society April 6 at the University of Alabama’s Tapping on the Mound ceremony.