University of Alabama students helping with Hurricane Michael cleanup
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 24
Nearly 40 University of Alabama students who are members of Beyond Bama left for Panama City, Florida, Wednesday afternoon to help with Hurricane Michael cleanup. “How I see it, we’re just clearing a path for more skilled workers to have the opportunity to come down,” Abby Greenwell said. The group loaded up in vans to head the Florida Panhandle. Nearly 40 in all will spend their Fall Break in Panama City, Florida, to help people in that community recover from Hurricane Michael.
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 25
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 24
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 24
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) (Broadcast report) – Oct. 24
UA and Auburn team up for new fuel study
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 24
The Tide and Tigers have a fierce rivalry on the football field, but the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA is teaming up with Auburn in engineering. The two schools are partnering to study a new source of fuel. Engineers at Alabama will study how fuel developed by Auburn engineers and made without food products will handle when mixed with diesel and tested in engines.
WAFF-NBC (Huntsville) – Oct. 24
UA gets $1 million grant to help fight opioid problem
WSFA-NBC (Montgomery) – Oct. 24
Yesterday the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA getting a big grant to track that abuse in Alabama. The $1 million will go to upgrading the computer system of the Alabama Department of Public Health. They’ll also create a system to share related opioid information across law enforcement.
Auburn veterans association, University of Alabama veterans association teaming up to raise awareness for high veteran suicide rate
Yellowhammer News – Oct. 24
The Auburn Student Veterans Association and Alabama’s Campus Veterans Association are uniting as one to raise awareness for the 22 veterans lost each day to suicide by marching from Auburn to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl. The 150-mile Iron Bowl Ruck March, which will begin at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn on November 21 and conclude at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on November 24, will take approximately 70 hours to complete. A total of 32 people have currently signed up to participate in the march with nine supporters helping to drive vehicles and provide logistical support.
Pensacola cross: Does Kavanaugh’s rise change the stakes?
AL.com – Oct. 25
Court rulings have cut away the ground under a Christian cross in a Pensacola public park — but has the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court changed the legal landscape enough to save it? . . . “We’re about due” for a re-evaluation of the Lemon test, said Mike Altman, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies. “We have a very conservative court now.” Altman’s classes include “Religion, Politics and the Law,” so he’s familiar with the territory. “I think the landscape has definitely changed,” he said of Kavanaugh’s appointment.
Faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching
Crimson White – Oct. 23
Stacy Latham Alley, Rich Houston, Mary Meares and Nathan James Parker were awarded the 2018 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards by The University of Alabama National Alumni Association. The awards are based on the educators’ dedication to teaching and the impact they have had on their students.
Montgomery County Schools want state legislature to repeal the Alabama Accountability Act
WAKA-CBS (Montgomery)
Board member Melissa Snowden voted in favor of the resolution to appeal. She says a study by the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA shows students who have moved are not performing any better than they did at their failing schools. She also says the system has been losing about a million dollars a year since 2013 because of it.
WAKA-CBS (Montgomery) – Oct. 24
UA engineers build structure that could survive a natural disaster
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 24
A building has now been made to survive the impact of an earthquake, and possibly a hurricane. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA engineers built a two-story structure to stand strong in the wake of a natural disaster. The building is designed with a special wooden material stronger than what is normally used.
UA museums to hold annual “A Haunting at the Museum” event
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 24
Halloween is a week away, and if you are looking for something that is fun and free tomorrow you can join the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum for a guided candlelight ghost walk. There will also be ghost stories and sooky crafts for the children in the museum. The event is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Smith Hall.