Native American festival continues Friday, Saturday
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 4
The 30th annual Moundville Native American Festival wraps up this weekend. The four-day festival, which began Wednesday and ends Saturday, features artists, craftsmen and educators from around the nation who share their knowledge of Native American culture. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
Prehistoric sharks feasted on flying reptiles, proves fossil
National Geographic – Oct. 5
From toothprints on a wing bone of a pterosaurus, it appears that the animal probably ended up as a snack for several predatory fish, including a prehistoric shark called squalicorax … The fossil was prepared at the University of Alabama Museum by the then student T. Lynn Harrel, the co-author of Ehret. He was initially afraid that he had damaged the bone when removing limescale. But it soon became clear that the series of dark, parallel grooves came from the teeth of a predator.
Betsy DeVos visits Tuscaloosa on ‘Rethink Education’ tour
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 4
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met with students at Shelton State Community College on Thursday, listening as they explained their classwork and future plans in front of milling machines and modules meant to teach them industrial programming and other skills. DeVos visited Shelton State Community College and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa as part of her “Rethink School” tour.
Al.com – Oct. 4
U.S. Department of Education – Oct. 5
Apple Delivers Digital Student IDs To 3 Major Universities
Gadget Post – Oct. 4
Yesterday Apple Announced that students at Duke University, The University of Alabama, and The University of Oklahoma can now use their iPhones or Apple Watches as digital student IDs. This is the first wave of what Apple expects to be a nationwide rollout.
Technically DC – Oct. 4
Secure ID News – Oct. 4
NBC 4 (Columbus, Ohio) – Oct. 4
Tuskegee partners for Women in Computer Science
Black Engineer – Oct. 4
Women make up 47 percent of the workforce in the United States, but most computer science jobs are filled by men, says Computer Science dot org. This August, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee University, and Oakland University more than a $1 million to develop computer science knowledge.
Five things to do in Tuscaloosa this weekend
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 4
No. 4: The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Suddenly, Last Summer” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, concluding with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Marian Gallaway Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall on the UA campus. In the work Tennessee Williams considered his most poetic, Mrs. Venable is determined to keep her niece, Catharine, quiet about the mysterious circumstances of her son’s death. Scandal and greed lurk around every corner. Professor emeritus Ed Williams returns to direct. Tickets $20 general, $17 seniors and UA faculty and staff, $14 students, through www.ua.tix.com.