UA receives $1 million grant to fight the opioid problem
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
ABC 33/40 Elizabeth Lane shows us how a million-dollar grant will help University of Alabama researchers better understand the scope of the opioid epidemic … Dr. Matthew Hudnall and his team will use the UNLOCK grant to collect data statewide. They will track things like how many Alabamians are overdosing, and where the drugs are being commonly distributed. He says the statistics are staggering.
Acting like a psychopath is great for male CEOs, not so much for women
F# News – Oct. 26
With all the corporate scandals of late, chances are you’ve heard the statement that one in five CEOs is a “psychopath.” But a new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology concludes that figure may be overblown. Corporate leaders are only slightly more likely to have strong psychopathic tendencies than other groups—and CEOs that exhibit those tendencies are less likely to be viewed as effective leaders … “These are not murderers, these are just people with really odious personalities,” said co-author Karen Landay, a graduate student at the University of Alabama.
ARS Technica – Oct. 26
UA students to spend Fall Break serving on Gulf Coast
WERC-FM (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
Some University of Alabama students are heading down to the Gulf Coast. They are going to be helping out with Hurricane Michael relief efforts.
New UA Degree Program Targets Addiction, Recovery
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
And the fight against addictive disorders is also leading to a growing demand for professionals to meet that demand. University of Alabama’s department of human development and family students will offer a new bachelor of science in addiction and recovery. The program will offer an in-depth examination of the development and progression of addictive disorders and process of the recovery. The program is for more than just counselors, and it is also aimed at pre-med and mental health students.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
Roy Moore’s Protégé Is Running for Alabama Supreme Court Justice
Mother Jones – Oct. 26
Less than a year ago, Alabamans rejected Republican Roy Moore’s bid for the US Senate amid allegations that he had sexual contact with teenage girls while he was in his 30s … If Parker became chief justice of Alabama’s high court, his opinion would carry the same weight as that of associate justices, but he would have some discretion over which cases are heard, and he would set the overall tone of the court, says Jenny Carroll, a law professor at the University of Alabama.
Gas tax hike likely to dominate 2019 session
AL.com – Oct. 25
President Donald Trump, after being elected in 2016, pledged to roll out a massive nationwide infrastructure program and signaled support for increasing the federal gasoline tax for the first time since 1993. A federal tax increase would require a state match, something which Ivey has said she wants to support. “Although there are important issues that our state legislators should be focused on, there are few that enjoy bipartisan support and generally speaking, infrastructure spending is one of those,” said Richard Fording, a political science professor at the University of Alabama. “There seems to be widespread agreement that Alabama’s roads and bridges are outdated and in need of improvement.”
UA leads effort to understand imperiled mussel biodiversity
WBHM-FM (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
A research team led by the University of Alabama has received $1.8 million to study biodiversity of freshwater mussels. The National Science Foundation announced the award today. Carla Atkinson is an assistant biology professor at the University of Alabama and one of the principal investigators on the study. She says Alabama has an abundant variety of mussels.
Diman students give University of Alabama counterparts a lesson in car making
Herald News (New England) – Oct. 25
They came from Alabama with blueprints, computer designs and specifications that reached down to tolerances of 1,000th of an inch. The students from the University of Alabama knew exactly how the parts should be built for the cars they are constructing. But they didn’t know how to build them.
A Mueller Investigation Refresher With Joyce Vance
Center for American Progress – Oct. 25
Joyce Vance—a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, an MSNBC contributor, and current distinguished law professor at the University of Alabama—knows a thing or two about this country’s legal institutions.
UA Law Professor discusses mail bombs and President Trump (live interview)
MSNBC, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnel – Oct. 26
Joining us now, Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor who was the bomb prosecutor in her Alabama jurisdiction for many years. She’s a professor at the University of Alabama Law School.
NSF announces new awards for research to better understand Earth’s biodiversity
NSF – Oct. 26
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing over $18 million in 10 new projects to research processes in nature and their complex interactions with climate, land use and invasive species at local, regional and continental scales … This year’s funded projects include: Processes that generate and maintain phylogenetic, genetic, and functional diversity of the freshwater mussel holobiont across multiple scales, Carla Atkinson, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; and Colin Jackson, University of Mississippi.
Former Miss Mount Holly reaches the Miss America stage
Mt. Holly Banner News (North Carolina) – Oct. 26
If you watched the recent Miss America pageant on TV, you may have noticed a familiar face. Right there on the screen was Allison Farris, who reigned as Miss Mount Holly in 2017. So how did someone with ties to Mount Holly make it to the Miss America stage wearing the Miss District of Columbia sash? … She earned a Master of Science in Enterprise Integration from the University of Alabama and landed a job with Microsoft as a software developer.
UA sororities to host annual Trick-or-Treating event
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
On Tuesday October 30th, families with kids 12 and under can trick or treat on sorority row of the University of Alabama campus from 6 to 8 p.m.
Oxford celebrates indigenous history
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
Oxford is now one of 13 archaeological sites on the Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail. It is a project the city worked on with the University of Alabama.