Alabama student in charge of Crimson Career Closet graduating Saturday
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 3
Like the many University of Alabama students who have come through her office door, Adora Hicks is preparing for a new job when she graduates on Saturday. Hicks will graduate Saturday with a Ph.D. in counseling education supervision. Next week, the Howard University alumna will begin a new job as career leadership development coordinator for student-athletes at UA.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3 and 4
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 3 and 4
University of Alabama Receives $15 Million for Business School
Philanthropy News Digest – Aug. 4
The University of Alabama has announced a gift of stock valued at $15 million from Lockheed Martin president and CEO Marillyn A. Hewson and her husband, James, in support of its Culverhouse College of Business.
US Middle School introduces VR technology to help students experience the situation of dementia
Digi Times (Taiwan) – Aug. 6
Through the virtual reality (VR) technology to reproduce the clinical situation of patients with dementia and other diseases, it has gradually been applied to the medical care and education industry in recent years … Daniel C. Potts, MD, of the University of Alabama, said that VR experience technology can not only improve students’ empathy for seniors, but also help reduce young people’s negative attitudes and stereotypes about seniors, and even increase student input. The interest of health care care professions.
UA receives grant for Autism Theater
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3 and 4
The University of Alabama tonight announcing a new grant to use theatre to treat autism. The million-dollar grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will fund SENSE, a theatre learning experience for 10 to 16 year-olds with autism. Classes begin Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Tuscaloosa Academy.
Honda Alabama opens new logistics buildings in $85 million project
Yellowhammer News – Aug. 5
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama today marked the official opening of its new logistics buildings, an $85 million project that further deepens the automaker’s roots in Talladega County, as well as its significant imprint on the state’s economy … A University of Alabama analysis shows HMA has an estimated $6.8 billion economic impact in the state.
UA holds Summer commencement ceremony
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Aug. 4
Today was a big day at the University of Alabama. Not only was it graduation day, it was also Alabama football fan day. CBS 42 news reporter Robert Sherman is at the Capstone with both celebrations.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 4
UA honors former chancellor at graduation
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 5
Former University of Alabama System Chancellor Ray Hayes on Saturday received a doctorate of humane letters awarded by the board of trustees in honor of his 12 years of service to the system. “I am deeply honored to receive the honorary doctorate from the University of Alabama,” Hayes said. “It has been a privilege to serve the UA System as chancellor, and I look forward to my continued work in behavioral health and other initiatives that will positively impact our students, their families and the citizens of Alabama.”
Big tech’s first steps to fight addiction fail to impress
NBC News – Aug. 3
New features that Silicon Valley giants are introducing to help people manage the time they spend on smartphones may do little to reduce addiction, especially on social media, according to researchers who study the subject … New features that Silicon Valley giants are introducing to help people manage the time they spend on smartphones may do little to reduce addiction, especially on social media, according to researchers who study the subject … Facebook, Instagram, Apple and Google could speed along adoption of the tools simply because the companies are so large, said Elliot Panek, a University of Alabama communications professor who studies social media addiction.
UA libraries wins national grant to develop innovative technology
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3
The University of Alabama was selected as one of four academic libraries nationwide to get a $100,000 grant to develop innovative technology. The libraries development team plans to use the grant to create data collection reporting and analysis tools to build on the successes that UA libraries have had in building custom reporting solutions.
Complete list of University of Alabama graduates for summer 2018
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 5
Complete listing of candidates for summer 2018 graduation at the University of Alabama.
All eyes on ‘right-hand man’ as Manafort trial resumes
Celeb Café – Aug. 6
Both Ms Laporta and fellow accountant Philip Ayliff, her predecessor who handled Mr Manafort’s tax filings at the firm KWC, testified that they had no knowledge that Manafort controlled foreign bank accounts … Joyce Vance, a law professor at the University of Alabama, explained on MSNBC Friday that Manafort may yet prove himself to be a key figure in a potential case of collusion between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign to interfere in the election.
AlterNet – Aug. 3
Sophie comes to Wexford from USA to busk
Wexford People (Ireland) – Aug. 4
A young girl born in Wexford and now living in America returns to her hometown every summer to visit her grandparents and also to raise money for her favourite animal charities by busking on the Main Street … The young vegetarian has busked in Ireland, New Orleans, and in Birmingham, Alabama, where she currently lives and where her mother Dr. Heidi Lynn Staples is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing in the English Department at the University of Alabama.
‘Ambassadors of the Future’ visit universities in US, Singapore
Asian Lite – Aug. 5
About 200 students who are part of “Our Ambassadors 2018 Programme” that was launched by the Ministry of Education participated in special sessions on various topics … reports Asian Lite News … Their visit included Harvard University, the University of Alabama, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Johns Hopkins University, which specialise in science, as well as the National University of Singapore.
UA students help girl with cerebral-palsy
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3
A group of University of Alabama students getting high praise for doing something kind for a girl with Cerebral Palsy at St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. The young men saw a mother struggling to lift up her wheelchair bound daughter that’s when they offered to help out. The mother thanked the young men – saying her daughter hadn’t been able to go to the beach all week because her wheelchair isn’t equipped for the sand.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Aug. 3
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation to Award Record-Breaking $7.7 Million
American Rifleman – Aug. 3
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation will award a record-breaking $7.7 million in academic scholarships to more than 2,330 children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen for the 2018-19 academic year. The scholarships ensure that deserving recipients in all 50 states have access to affordable post-high school, undergraduate and career technical education programs … Today, with the help of the Scholarship Foundation, Christian is a junior studying Management Information Systems at the University of Alabama.
Free event features telescope viewing of Mars, other planets
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 3
People are invited to view Mars through telescopes Friday night on the University of Alabama campus. The free viewing session, hosted by UA’s department of physics and astronomy, will begin at 8:30 p.m. People can come to the parking lot off Peter Bryce Boulevard between Rhoads Softball Stadium and the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
Walt Maddox publishes public safety priorities to address trooper shortages, improve technology
Yellowhammer News – Aug. 3
Democrat candidate for governor Walt Maddox on Thursday published an outline of his goals for addressing public safety … Maddox’s plan does not offer a targeted number of troopers, but his campaign confirmed to Yellowhammer News that he wants to see the number reach at least what ALEA has expressed it needs, 750 troopers, and eventually what the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety has said the state needs, which is 1,000.
Education Notes
Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts) – Aug. 5
AREA GRADUATES: Denison University – Worcester: Anh C. Pham, Jose A. Rodriguez … Dean’s List: University of Alabama – Bolton: Kassandra Carmela Sidopoulos; Grafton: Kathryn J San Fratello.
Decatur Daily – Aug. 5