Alabama to Construct New Business Building
U.S. News – Sept. 29
The University of Alabama plans to construct another new academic building in Tuscaloosa. The business school on Friday announced a program to construct a $60 million, 108,000-square-foot hall that will include 22 classrooms and dozens of other spaces centered around a three-story atrium. The building will be called Hewson Hall in recognition of a $15 million donation made previously by Alabama graduates Marillyn and James Hewson. Marillyn Hewson is chairman and chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp.
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 29
Al.com – Sept. 28
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 28
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 28
WAFF-NBC (Huntsville) – Sept. 29
My San Antonio – Sept. 29
NBC 3 (Chattanooga, Tennessee) – Sept. 29
Middletown Press (Connecticut) – Sept. 29
Beaumont Enterprise (Texas) – Sept. 29
New Haven Register (Connecticut) – Sept. 29
Decatur Daily – Sept. 29
Clay Center Dispatch (Kansas) – Sept. 29
Birmingham Business Journal – Sept. 29
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LEND A HAND: Beat Auburn Beat Hunger marks 25th year
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 29
The 25th annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive kicks off Monday at the University of Alabama and will continue through Nov. 15. The drive collects food donations for the West Alabama Food Bank. The campus kickoff will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ferguson Center Plaza.
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Sept. 30
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Birmingham not transparent about surveillance cameras, experts say
Al.com – Sept. 30
Susan Palmer is tired of the gunfire and arsons that seem to plague her west Birmingham neighborhood. “I’ve been crying out for years about the gunshots and the violence,” said the president of the Central Park Neighborhood Association … Diana Dolliver, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Alabama, agreed the city should be transparent about how the cameras will be used, why they are needed and how they are going to ensure the cameras are being used properly. “The better the police can be on transparency the fewer worries citizens will have,” she said.
America’s Warrior Partnership Empowers Veterans, Communities Through Combined Federal Campaign
Fox 40 (Vestal, New York) – Sept. 30
America’s Warrior Partnership is participating in the 2018 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world’s largest annual workplace charitable giving campaign. Funds donated by military and civilian federal employees will support the organization’s mission of empowering communities to empower veterans … A four-year study conducted in partnership with University of Alabama researchers and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to examine the factors involved in suicide and early mortality due to self-harm among veterans.
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NBC 29 (Charlottesville, Virginia) – Oct. 1
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ABC 25 (Victoria, Texas) – Oct. 1
COULD BRETT KAVANAUGH BE IMPEACHED? DEMOCRATS APPEAR TO BE GEARING UP TO START PROCESS IF HE’S CONFIRMED
Newsweek – Sept. 29
Despite a dramatic and emotional hearing on Thursday between Senate Judiciary Committee members, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his first sexual assault accuser Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh is still thought likely to be confirmed by the full body of the Senate in the near future … But lying under oath in his denial of Ford’s allegations isn’t the only thing Democrats think could lead to Kavanaugh’s impeachment. University of Alabama law professor Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr. pointed out that it’s just one of about three things the Democrats could raise impeachment claims about.
Why the coverage of mass shootings continues to miss the mark and how to fix it
The Hill – Sept. 30
It seems like every week, somewhere in America, there is word of another mass shooting. All are covered by their local media; many are picked up by the national press … As our colleague Adam Lankford at the University of Alabama has noted, the coverage of mass shooting events is essentially free publicity for the perpetrators – at a value of millions of dollars at that. In just two weeks after Parkland, an estimated 7,900 stories about the shooting ran online.
University of Alabama diversity officer to speak Tuesday
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 30
The University of Alabama’s vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion will speak Tuesday during an event organized by the League of Women Voters of Greater Tuscaloosa. Christine Taylor, UA’s first chief diversity officer, came to UA in 2017 after holding similar roles at other campuses including Purdue University.
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony held for H.M. Comer Hall
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 28
The University of Alabama cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled engineering building. $24.6 million worth of renovations started at H.M. Comer Hall seventeen months ago. It’s now the home of UA’s College of Engineering administration, the Patterson welcome center, the engineering career development center, and much more.
A no-guns registry for someone who is suicidal ‘could save our lives’
NOLA.com – Sept. 30
Donna Nathan, who had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals three times this year, drove to Gretna June 26 and bought a .38-caliber revolver. Eight hours later, she was found dead from a gunshot wound in Audubon Park … The same idea had occurred to Fredrick Vars, a law professor at the University of Alabama, who suffers from bipolar disorder and has had suicidal thoughts. That was four years ago, and the no-guns self-registry has become law in Washington. There are proposals in Alabama, California, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Wisconsin to do the same.
Expert witness tells Mo Brooks nuclear energy is necessary, utterly unique
Alabama Political Reporter – Oct. 1
Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, questioned Edward McGinnis, who is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Thursday about the importance of nuclear power production in America during a Science, Space, and Technology Committee Energy Subcommittee hearing … If there is anything that you can do to send the message back the people of Jackson County would very much appreciate it because the University of Alabama has projected that the completion of this plant would generate over one thousand jobs, with an average salary of $136,000 per job.
Seven Small Things People Use To Decide If They Like You
Kopitiambot – Oct. 1
The human brain is hardwired to judge. This survival mechanism makes it very hard to meet someone without evaluating and interpreting their behavior … Your handshake. It’s common for people to associate a weak handshake with a lack of confidence and an overall lackadaisical attitude. A study at the University of Alabama showed that, although it isn’t safe to draw assumptions about someone’s competence based on their handshake, you can accurately identify personality traits.
Education news in Polk
Lakeland Ledger (Florida) – Sept. 30
The University of Alabama: Zachary Benjamin Collins of Winter Haven received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Alabama.
The Dispatch (Columbus, Mississippi) – Sept. 29
Fredericksburg.com (Virginia) – Sept. 29
Cullman Sense – Sept. 29
Frankly County Times – Sept. 30
Times Daily (Florence) – Sept. 30
Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun – Sept. 30
Marietta Daily Journal – Sept. 30
Glen Falls Post Star (New York) – Sept. 29
New Orleans Publicly Unveiling Tour App of Sites Involved In Slave Market
Atlanta Black Star – Sept. 20
The city of New Orleans has unveiled a smartphone app tour of sites involved in the slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries, including the pre-Civil War years during which the city was the nation’s largest slave market … The city’s Tricentennial Commission reached out to Erin Greenwald, then curator at the Historic New Orleans Commission, and historian Joshua Rothman of the University of Alabama, after they wrote an opinion piece in 2016 “calling out New Orleans for being behind other southern cities” in recognizing “difficult history,” Greenwald said.
Edge Media Network – Sept. 29
UA Early College to hold LEAP Program
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 28
Rising high school students in Tuscaloosa have the opportunity to explore academic possibilities hosted by UA early college. This program is called LEAP and is a five-day camp for the summer of 2019.
Tailgating at The University of Alabama
WCFT-ABC 33/40 – Talk of Alabama – Sept. 28
Sometimes when you stroll through University of Alabama’s campus, you might just run into a champion like Sarah Patterson, who won 6 National championships for the school. And if you’re a kid she might just let you try on one of her six rings like she did with my boys.
Rece Davis among 5 being inducted into communications hall of fame
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 29
An ESPN broadcaster and a civil rights attorney are among the five inductees in the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame.The 2018 class will be inducted Thursday during a dinner in the north zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Organist Christopher Henley to perform at Judson College
AL.com – Sept. 29
The Judson College Music Department will host a recital by organist Christopher Henley October 11. The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Alumnae Auditorium on the Judson College campus in Marion, Ala. The public is invited to attend, and there will be no charge for admission. . . . Henley is currently a degree candidate for the Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at The University of Alabama, where he studied organ under the tutelage of Dr. Faythe Freese.
Researchers use roundworms to study Parkinson’s
Crimson White – Sept. 28
Over 10 million people worldwide have Parkinson’s disease, an incurable disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement and causes the death of dopamine neurons over time. Despite years of research, doctors and researchers have been unable to pinpoint an exact cause of the disease. Guy Caldwell, distinguished research professor in biological sciences at The University of Alabama, uses roundworms to study the effects and possible cause of Parkinson’s. With a grant from the National Institute of Health, Caldwell and a number of students and researchers work in the Molecular Neurogenetics of Disease Laboratory on UA’s campus, nicknamed the “Worm Shack.”
Annual Chocolate Festival raises awareness for women’s health
Crimson White – Oct. 1
A silent auction, baked goods and good causes were all a part of the eighth annual Chocolate Festival. This sugar-filled event provided a sweet start to Family Weekend. At the festival, students and families learned about health and well-being while participating in chocolate-centered activities. The festival was hosted by the Women and Gender Resource Center (WGRC) at Shelby Hall.